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A177962
Number of distinct transpositions of prime factors of n-th composite number.
1
1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 2, 1, 3, 3, 2, 2, 4, 1, 2, 1, 3, 6, 1, 2, 2, 2, 6, 2, 2, 4, 6, 3, 3, 2, 5, 1, 3, 2, 3, 4, 2, 4, 2, 2, 12, 2, 3, 1, 2, 6, 3, 2, 6, 10, 2, 3, 3, 2, 6, 5, 1, 2, 12, 2, 2, 2, 4, 12, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 6, 3, 3, 6, 6, 4, 6, 2, 10, 6, 2, 5, 6, 2, 3, 3, 2, 2, 20, 1, 2, 2, 3, 1, 12, 1, 2, 6, 12, 2, 2
OFFSET
1,2
FORMULA
a(n) = A008480(A002808(n)). - R. J. Mathar, May 28 2010
EXAMPLE
a(1)=1 because 1st composite = 4 and (2*2)=1.
a(2)=2 because 2nd composite = 6 and (2*3 or 3*2) = 2.
MAPLE
A177962 := proc(n) local c; c := A002808(n) ; a := (numtheory[bigomega](c))! ; for p in ifactors(c)[2] do a := a/ op(2, p)! ; end do: a ; end proc:
seq(A177962(n), n=1..120) ; # R. J. Mathar, May 28 2010
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A091598 A144021 A334591 * A246552 A161091 A027347
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
EXTENSIONS
Entries checked by R. J. Mathar, May 28 2010
STATUS
approved