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A112779
Largest exponent in the prime factorization of highly composite numbers (definition 1, A002182).
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0, 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2, 4, 2, 3, 2, 4, 3, 4, 3, 2, 4, 3, 4, 3, 5, 4, 6, 4, 3, 4, 5, 4, 3, 5, 4, 6, 4, 5, 4, 5, 6, 4, 3, 5, 4, 6, 4, 5, 4, 5, 6, 4, 6, 7, 5, 4, 4, 6, 4, 5, 4, 5, 6, 4, 6, 7, 5, 4, 4, 6, 5, 5, 4, 6, 5, 6, 4, 6, 7, 5, 4, 6, 5, 7, 6, 5, 6, 4, 4, 6, 7, 5, 5, 4, 6, 6, 5, 7, 6, 5, 6, 4, 7, 6, 7, 5, 7, 6, 8
OFFSET
1,3
COMMENTS
Each highly composite number can be written as the product of primorials (A002110); a(n) is also the number of primorials used in the product.
a(i) is the exponent of 2 in the prime factorization of A002182(i), cf. formula. - David A. Corneth, Aug 16 2015; edited by M. F. Hasler, Jan 03 2020
LINKS
T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=1..10000 (using Flammenkamp's data)
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Highly Composite Number
FORMULA
a(n) = A007814(A002182(n)). - David A. Corneth, Aug 16 2015
EXAMPLE
A002182(8) = 48 = 2^4*3, which has largest exponent 4, so a(8)=4.
PROG
(PARI) apply( A112779(n)=valuation(A002182(n), 2), [1..99]) \\ M. F. Hasler, Jan 03 2020
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Ray Chandler, Nov 11 2005
STATUS
approved