OFFSET
1,1
LINKS
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Primorial.
FORMULA
Product_{n>=1} 1 / (1 - x^n)^a(n) = Sum_{n>=0} prime(n)# * x^n.
MAPLE
p:= proc(n) option remember; `if`(n<1, 1, p(n-1)*ithprime(n)) end:
ietr:= proc(p) uses numtheory; (c-> proc(n) option remember;
`if`(n=0, 1, add(mobius(n/d)*c(d), d=divisors(n))/n) end)(
proc(n) option remember; n*p(n)-add(thisproc(j)*p(n-j), j=1..n-1) end)
end:
a:= ietr(p):
seq(a(n), n=1..20); # Alois P. Heinz, Jan 25 2025
MATHEMATICA
primorial[n_] := Product[Prime[j], {j, 1, n}]; b[n_, i_] := b[n, i] = If[n == 0, 1, If[i < 1, 0, Sum[Binomial[a[i] + j - 1, j] b[n - i j, i - 1], {j, 0, n/i}]]]; a[n_] := primorial[n] - b[n, n - 1]; a /@ Range[20]
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Ilya Gutkovskiy, Jan 25 2025
STATUS
approved
