OFFSET
1,6
COMMENTS
A prime index of n is a number m such that prime(m) divides n. The multiset of prime indices of n is row n of A112798.
FORMULA
a(n) <= A166469(n).
EXAMPLE
The sparse submultisets of the prime indices of n = 8 are {{},{1},{1,1},{1,1,1}}, with maximization {{1,1,1}}. So a(8) = 1.
The sparse submultisets of the prime indices of n = 462 are {{},{1},{2},{4},{5},{1,4},{2,4},{1,5},{2,5}}, with maximization {{1,4},{1,5},{2,4},{2,5}}, so a(462) = 4.
The prime indices of n together their a(n) maximal sparse submultisets for n = 1, 6, 210, 462, 30030, 46410:
{} {1,2} {1,2,3,4} {1,2,4,5} {1,2,3,4,5,6} {1,2,3,4,6,7}
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{} {1} {1,3} {1,4} {2,5} {1,3,6}
{2} {1,4} {1,5} {1,3,5} {1,3,7}
{2,4} {2,4} {1,3,6} {1,4,6}
{2,5} {1,4,6} {1,4,7}
{2,4,6} {2,4,6}
{2,4,7}
MATHEMATICA
prix[n_]:=If[n==1, {}, Flatten[Cases[FactorInteger[n], {p_, k_}:>Table[PrimePi[p], {k}]]]];
maxq[els_]:=Select[els, Not[Or@@Table[Divisible[oth, #], {oth, DeleteCases[els, #]}]]&];
Table[Length[maxq[Select[Divisors[n], FreeQ[Differences[prix[#]], 1]&]]], {n, 30}]
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Gus Wiseman, Jul 03 2025
STATUS
approved
