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A372466
The maximal exponent in the prime factorization of the numbers whose number of divisors is a power of 2 (A036537).
3
0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 3
OFFSET
1,7
COMMENTS
All the terms are of the form 2^k-1 (A000225).
LINKS
FORMULA
a(n) = A051903(A036537(n)).
a(n) = 2^A372467(n) - 1.
Asymptotic mean: Limit_{m->oo} (1/m) * Sum_{k=1..m} a(k) = (d(1) + Sum_{k>=2} ((2^k-1) * (d(k) - d(k-1))) / A327839 = 1.25306367526166810834..., where d(k) = Product_{p prime} (1 - 1/p + Sum_{i=1..k} (1/p^(2^i-1)-1/p^(2^i))).
MATHEMATICA
pow2Q[n_] := n == 2^IntegerExponent[n, 2]; f[n_] := Module[{e = FactorInteger[n][[;; , 2]]}, If[AllTrue[e, pow2Q[# + 1] &], Max @@ e, Nothing]]; f[1] = 0; Array[f, 150]
PROG
(PARI) ispow2(n) = n >> valuation(n, 2) == 1;
lista(kmax) = {my(e); print1(0, ", "); for(k = 2, kmax, e = factor(k)[, 2]; if(ispow2(vecprod(apply(x -> x + 1, e))), print1(vecmax(e), ", "))); }
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Amiram Eldar, May 01 2024
STATUS
approved