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)
A. Flammenkamp, First 1200 highly composite numbers
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Highly Composite Number
FORMULA
EXAMPLE
A002182(8) = 48 = 2^4*3, which has largest exponent 4, so a(8)=4.
PROG
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Ray Chandler, Nov 11 2005
STATUS
approved