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A307360
A sequence in which every divisor other than 1 is used at most three times.
1
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 25, 29, 31, 35, 37, 41, 43, 47, 49, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97, 101, 103, 107, 109, 113, 121, 127, 131, 137, 139, 143, 149, 151, 157, 163, 167, 169, 173, 179, 181, 191, 193, 197, 199, 211, 223, 227, 229
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
In other words, for every k > 1, there are at most 3 multiples of k in the sequence. - Rémy Sigrist, Apr 08 2019
The sequence begins at 1. The smallest integer greater than the last term which is not divisible by a divisor already used three times (excluding one) is added to the sequence.
Contains all prime numbers (A000040), given that the prime numbers only have the divisors of themselves and one, by definition, therefore the only divisor which could exist in the sequence already to disqualify the number from inclusion in the sequence would be the prime number itself, but a number cannot have a divisor higher than itself (the prime numbers), so given that the sequence increases, the divisor could not exist in the sequence, and any prime number would be included.
Terms are {1} or primes or squares of primes (A000430) or numbers of the form prime(2k + 1) * prime(2k + 2) (A089581) where k >= 0. - David A. Corneth, Apr 09 2019
LINKS
Aaron Greicius, The Prime Numbers, Lecture Fall 2012.
EXAMPLE
For instance, 8 is not in the sequence because 2, 4, and 6 are all divisible by 2 and appear previously in the sequence. The sequence, then, skips to nine. After 9, no more numbers divisible by three appear in the sequence, given that after 3 and 6, it is the third number divisible by three to appear in the sequence.
MAPLE
N:= 1000: # for terms <= N
M:= Vector(N):
Candidates:= {$2..N}:
A[1]:= 1:
for n from 2 while Candidates <> {} do
A[n]:= min(Candidates):
Candidates:= Candidates minus {A[n]};
for d in numtheory:-divisors(A[n]) minus {1} do
M[d]:= M[d]+1;
if M[d] = 3 then Candidates:= Candidates minus {seq(i, i=2*d..N, d)} fi;
od;
od:
seq(A[i], i=1..n-1); # Robert Israel, Apr 09 2019
MATHEMATICA
Select[Range@ 229, Or[# == 1, PrimeQ@ #, PrimeQ@ Sqrt@ #, And[SquareFreeQ@ #, If[PrimeNu@ # == 2, And[OddQ@ First@ #, Apply[SameQ, (# - {1, 2})/2]] &@ PrimePi[FactorInteger[#][[All, 1]]], False]]] &] (* Michael De Vlieger, Apr 11 2019 *)
PROG
(PARI) is(n) = if(n==1, return(1)); my(f=factor(n)); if(f[, 2] == [1]~ || f[, 2] ==[2]~, return(1)); if(f[, 2] == [1, 1]~ && nextprime(f[1, 1]+1) == f[2, 1] && primepi(f[1, 1]) % 2 == 1, return(1)); 0 \\ David A. Corneth, Apr 09 2019
CROSSREFS
See A166684 for the variant in which every divisor other than one is used at most twice.
Union of {1}, A000430 and A089581.
Sequence in context: A308627 A330500 A030151 * A283455 A283364 A131617
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Joshua R. Tint, Apr 04 2019
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Jinyuan Wang, Apr 07 2019
STATUS
approved