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A242413
Numbers in whose prime factorization the first differences of indices of distinct primes form a palindrome; fixed points of A242415.
5
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 24, 25, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 36, 37, 41, 43, 47, 48, 49, 53, 54, 59, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 67, 70, 71, 72, 73, 79, 81, 83, 89, 90, 96, 97, 101, 103, 107, 108, 109, 113, 120, 121, 125, 127, 128, 131, 133, 137, 139, 140, 144
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Number n is present, if its prime factorization n = p_a^e_a * p_b^e_b * p_c^e_c * ... * p_i^e_i * p_j^e_j * p_k^e_k where a < b < c < ... < i < j < k, satisfies the condition that the first differences of prime indices (a-0, b-a, c-b, ..., j-i, k-j) form a palindrome.
More formally, numbers n whose prime factorization is either of the form p^e (p prime, e >= 0), i.e., one of the terms of A000961, or of the form p_i1^e_i1 * p_i2^e_i2 * p_i3^e_i3 * ... * p_i_{k-1}^e_{i_{k-1}} * p_{i_k}^e_{i_k}, where p_i1 < p_i2 < ... < p_i_{k-1} < p_k are distinct primes (sorted into ascending order) in the prime factorization of n, and e_i1 .. e_{i_k} are their nonzero exponents (here k = A001221(n) and i_k = A061395(n), the index of the largest prime present), and the indices of primes satisfy the relation that for each index i_j < i_k present, the index i_{k-j} is also present.
LINKS
EXAMPLE
1 is present because it has an empty factorization, so both the sequence of the prime indices and their first differences are empty, and empty sequences are palindromes as well.
12 = 2*2*3 = p_1^2 * p_2 is present, as the first differences (deltas) of prime indices (1-0, 2-1) = (1,1) form a palindrome.
60 = 2*2*3*5 = p_1^2 * p_2 * p_3 is present, as the deltas of prime indices (1-0, 2-1, 3-2) = (1,1,1) form a palindrome.
61 = p_18 is present, as the deltas of prime indices, (18), form a palindrome.
144 = 2^4 * 3^2 = p_1^4 * p_2^2 is present, as the deltas of prime indices (1-0, 2-1) = (1,1) form a palindrome.
Also, any of the cases mentioned in the Example section of A242417 as being present there, are also present in this sequence.
PROG
(Scheme, with Antti Karttunen's IntSeq-library)
(define A242413 (FIXED-POINTS 1 1 A242415))
CROSSREFS
Fixed points of A242415.
Differs from A243068 for the first time at n=36, where a(36)=60, while A243068(36)=61.
Sequence in context: A213006 A068998 A072303 * A243068 A342339 A081061
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Antti Karttunen, May 31 2014
STATUS
approved