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A308993
Multiplicative with a(p) = 1 and a(p^e) = p^a(e) for any e > 1 and prime number p.
2
1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 3, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 5, 1, 3, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 6, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 1, 1, 4, 7, 5, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 6, 1, 1, 5, 2, 1, 1, 1, 4, 9, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1
OFFSET
1,4
COMMENTS
To compute a(n): remove every prime number at leaf position in the prime tower factorization of n (the prime tower factorization of a number is defined in A182318).
FORMULA
a(n) = 1 iff n is squarefree.
a^k(n) = 1 for any k >= A185102(n) (where a^k denotes the k-th iterate of a).
a(n)^2 <= n with equality iff n is the square of some cubefree number (n = A004709(k)^2 for some k > 0).
EXAMPLE
See Links sections.
PROG
(PARI) a(n) = my (f=factor(n)); prod (i=1, #f~, f[i, 1]^if (f[i, 2]==1, 0, a(f[i, 2])))
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,mult
AUTHOR
Rémy Sigrist, Jul 04 2019
STATUS
approved