OFFSET
1,24
COMMENTS
Values 1..7 occur for the first time at n = 1, 24, 576, 13824, 69120, 414720, 1658880.
In range 1..69120 differs from A034876 only at positions n = 1, 2, 9, 10 and 16.
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FORMULA
a(24^n) = a(A009968(n)) = n+1.
EXAMPLE
a(4) = 1 because 4 = 2! * 2!.
a(24) = 2 because 24 = 4! = 3! * 2! * 2!.
a(576) = 3 because 576 = 4! * 4! = 4! * 3! * 2! * 2! = (3!)^2 * (2!)^4.
a(13824) = 4 because 13824 = (4!)^3 = (4!)^2 * 3! * (2!)^2 = 4! * (3!)^2 * (2!)^4 = (3!)^3 * (2!)^6.
a(69120) = 5 because 69120 = 6! * 4! * 2! * 2! = 6! * 3! * 2! * 2! * 2! * 2! = 5! * 3! * 3! * 2! * 2! * 2! * 2! = 5! * 4! * 4! = 5! * 4! * 3! * 2! * 2!. Note that 69120 < 24^4 = 331776.
PROG
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Antti Karttunen, Dec 25 2018
STATUS
approved