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A119288
a(n) is the second smallest prime factor of n, or 1 if n is a prime power.
34
1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 5, 1, 3, 1, 7, 5, 1, 1, 3, 1, 5, 7, 11, 1, 3, 1, 13, 1, 7, 1, 3, 1, 1, 11, 17, 7, 3, 1, 19, 13, 5, 1, 3, 1, 11, 5, 23, 1, 3, 1, 5, 17, 13, 1, 3, 11, 7, 19, 29, 1, 3, 1, 31, 7, 1, 13, 3, 1, 17, 23, 5, 1, 3, 1, 37, 5, 19, 11, 3, 1, 5, 1, 41, 1, 3, 17, 43, 29, 11, 1, 3, 13, 23
OFFSET
1,6
COMMENTS
Least prime factor of {n divided by the maximal power of the least prime factor of n}. - after the original name of the sequence.
a(n) = A020639(A028234(n)).
a(n) = 1 iff n is a prime power: a(A000961(n))=1 and a(A024619(n))>1.
LINKS
FORMULA
A010055(n) = 0^(a(n)-1). - Reinhard Zumkeller, May 13 2006
MATHEMATICA
Join[{1}, Table[Which[PrimePowerQ[n], 1, True, FactorInteger[n][[2, 1]]], {n, 2, 100}]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Feb 08 2020 *)
PROG
(PARI) a(n) = if (isprimepower(n) || (n==1), 1, my(f=factor(n)[, 1]); f[2]); \\ Michel Marcus, Mar 01 2023
(Python)
from sympy import primefactors
def A119288(n): return 1 if len(s:=primefactors(n)) <= 1 else sorted(s)[1] # Chai Wah Wu, Mar 31 2023
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Reinhard Zumkeller, May 13 2006
EXTENSIONS
Name changed by Antti Karttunen, Oct 04 2017
STATUS
approved