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A118144
Numbers of prime factors of l, where l is defined in A118534.
2
0, 0, 1, 0, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 4, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 3, 4, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 3, 2, 1, 2, 4, 4, 1, 2
OFFSET
1,5
COMMENTS
a(n) = 0 only for n = 1, 2 and 4.
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FORMULA
a(n) = numbers of factors of l, largest l such that prime(n+1) = prime(n) + (prime(n) mod l), or 0 if no such l exists.
EXAMPLE
For a(1), l=0 thus a(1)=0,
for a(3), l=3 thus a(3)=1,
for a(8), l=15=3*5 thus a(8)=2,
for a(24), l=81=3*3*3*3 thus a(24)=4.
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Rémi Eismann and Fabien Sibenaler, May 14 2006, Feb 14 2008
STATUS
approved