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A131483
Meissel_Lehmer recursion: a(n,m) = a(n,m-1)-a(Floor[n/Prime[m]],m-1).
0
1, 0, -1, 0, -1, -1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1
OFFSET
1,1
LINKS
J. C. Lagarias, V. S. Miller and A. M. Odlyzko, Computing pi(x): The Meissel-Lehmer method, Math. Comp., 44 (1985), pp. 537-560.
FORMULA
a(1,1) = 1; a(n,m) = a(n,m-1)-a(Floor[n/Prime[m]],m-1);
EXAMPLE
{1},
{0, -1},
{0, -1, -1},
{0, 0, 0, 0},
{0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
{0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1},
{0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1},
{0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1},
{0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1},
{0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1},
{0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1},
{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
{0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1},
{0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1},
{0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1},
{0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1},
{0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1},
{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
tabl,sign
AUTHOR
Roger L. Bagula, Oct 01 2007
STATUS
approved