OFFSET
0,4
EXAMPLE
There are 2 nine-almost primes up to 1000: 512 & 768.
MATHEMATICA
AlmostPrimePi[k_Integer, n_] := Module[{a, i}, a[0] = 1; If[k == 1, PrimePi[n], Sum[PrimePi[n/Times @@ Prime[Array[a, k - 1]]] - a[k - 1] + 1, Evaluate[ Sequence @@ Table[{a[i], a[i - 1], PrimePi[(n/Times @@ Prime[Array[a, i - 1]])^(1/(k - i + 1))]}, {i, k - 1}]]]]]; (* Eric W. Weisstein, Feb 07 2006 *)
Table[AlmostPrimePi[9, 10^n], {n, 12}]
PROG
(Python)
from math import isqrt, prod
from sympy import primerange, integer_nthroot, primepi
def A120050(n):
def g(x, a, b, c, m): yield from (((d, ) for d in enumerate(primerange(b, isqrt(x//c)+1), a)) if m==2 else (((a2, b2), )+d for a2, b2 in enumerate(primerange(b, integer_nthroot(x//c, m)[0]+1), a) for d in g(x, a2, b2, c*b2, m-1)))
return int(sum(primepi(10**n//prod(c[1] for c in a))-a[-1][0] for a in g(10**n, 0, 1, 1, 9))) # Chai Wah Wu, Oct 20 2025
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Robert G. Wilson v, Feb 07 2006
EXTENSIONS
a(13)-a(14) from Robert G. Wilson v, Jan 07 2007
a(15)-a(19) from Henri Lifchitz, Mar 18 2025
STATUS
approved
