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A246370
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a(1)=0, a(p_n) = 1 + a(n), a(c_n) = a(n), where p_n = n-th prime = A000040(n), c_n = n-th composite number = A002808(n); Also number of nonleading 0-bits in the binary representation of A135141(n).
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6
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0, 1, 2, 0, 3, 1, 1, 2, 0, 3, 4, 1, 2, 1, 2, 0, 2, 3, 3, 4, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 0, 2, 3, 4, 3, 5, 4, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 0, 2, 3, 3, 2, 4, 3, 5, 3, 4, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 0, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 2, 4, 3, 5, 3, 4, 4, 1, 2, 5, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 0, 3, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 4, 2, 4, 3, 2, 5, 3, 4, 4, 1, 2, 5, 3, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 3, 2, 2, 0, 4, 3, 5, 2, 3, 3, 4, 2, 3, 4, 2, 4, 3, 2
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OFFSET
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1,3
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FORMULA
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a(1) = 1, and for n >= 1, if A010051(n) = 1 [i.e. when n is prime], a(n) = 1 + a(A000720(n)), otherwise a(n) = a(A065855(n)). [A000720(n) and A065855(n) tell the number of primes, and respectively, composites <= n].
a(n) = A080791(A135141(n)). [a(n) tells also the number of nonleading zeros in binary representation of A135141(n)].
a(n) = A000120(A246377(n))-1. [Respectively, one less than the number of 1-bits in 0/1-swapped version of that sequence].
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EXAMPLE
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Consider n=30. It is the 19th composite number in A002808: 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, ...
Thus we consider next n=19, which is the 8th prime in A000040: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, ...
So we proceed with n=8, which is the 3rd composite number, and then with n=3, which is the 2nd prime, and then with n=2 which is the 1st prime, and we have finished.
All in all, it took us 5 steps (A246348(30) = 6 = 5+1) to reach 1, and on the journey, we encountered three primes, 19, 3 and 2, thus a(30) = 3.
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PROG
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(Scheme, two versions, the first being a direct recurrence employing memoizing definec-macro from Antti Karttunen's IntSeq-library):
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KEYWORD
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nonn
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STATUS
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approved
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