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A001221 Number of distinct primes dividing n (also called omega(n)).

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 3, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 3, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 2, 3, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 3, 1, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2, 1, 3, 2
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N. J. A. Sloane

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From Peter C. Heinig (algorithms(AT)gmx.de), Mar 08 2008: (Start)
This is also the number of maximal ideals of the ring (Z/nZ,+,*). Since every finite integral domain must be a field, every prime ideal of Z/nZ is a maximal ideal and since in general each maximal ideal is prime, there are just as many prime ideals as maximal ones in Z/nZ, so the sequence gives the number of prime ideals of Z/nZ as well.
The reason why this number is given by the sequence is that the ideals of Z/nZ are precisely the subgroups of (Z/nZ,+). Hence for an ideal to be maximal it has form a maximal subgroup of (Z/nZ,+) and this is equivalent to having prime index in (Z/nZ) and this is equivalent to being generated by a single prime divisor of n.
Finally, all the groups arising in this way have different orders, hence are different, so the number of maximal ideals equals the number of distinct primes dividing n. (End)
Equals double inverse Mobius transform of A143519, where A051731 = the inverse Mobius transform. - Gary W. Adamson, Aug 22 2008
a(n) is the number of unitary prime power divisors of n (not including 1). - Jaroslav Krizek, May 04 2009 [corrected by Ilya Gutkovskiy, Oct 09 2019]
Sum_{d|n} 2^(-A001221(d) - A001222(n/d)) = Sum_{d|n} 2^(-A001222(d) - A001221(n/d)) = 1 (see Dressler and van de Lune link). - Michel Marcus, Dec 18 2012
Up to 2*3*5*7*11*13*17*19*23*29 - 1 = 6469693230 - 1, also the decimal expansion of the constant 0.01111211... = Sum_{k>=0} 1/(10 ^ A000040(k) - 1) (see A073668). - Eric Desbiaux, Jan 20 2014
The average order of a(n): Sum_{k=1..n} a(k) ~ Sum_{k=1..n} log log k. - Daniel Forgues, Aug 13-16 2015
From Peter Luschny, Jul 13 2023: (Start)
We can use A001221 and A001222 to classify the positive integers as follows.
A001222(n) = A001221(n) = 0 singles out {1}.
Restricting to n > 1:
A001222(n)^A001221(n) = 1: A000040, prime numbers.
A001221(n)^A001222(n) = 1: A246655, prime powers.
A001222(n)^A001221(n) > 1: A002808, the composite numbers.
A001221(n)^A001222(n) > 1: A024619, complement of A246655.
n^(A001222(n) - A001221(n)) = 1: A144338, products of distinct primes. (End)
Inverse Möbius transform of the characteristic function of primes (A010051). - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Jun 22 2024
Dirichlet convolution of A010051(n) and 1. - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Jul 15 2025

References

  • M. Abramowitz and I. A. Stegun, eds., Handbook of Mathematical Functions, National Bureau of Standards Applied Math. Series 55, 1964 (and various reprintings), p. 844.
  • G. H. Hardy, Ramanujan: twelve lectures on subjects suggested by his life and work, Cambridge, University Press, 1940, pp. 48-57.
  • J. Peters, A. Lodge and E. J. Ternouth, E. Gifford, Factor Table (n<100000) (British Association Mathematical Tables Vol.V), Burlington House/Cambridge University Press London 1935.
  • N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
  • N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

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Crossrefs

Cf. A001222 (primes counted with multiplicity), A046660, A285577, A346617. Partial sums give A013939.
Cf. also A125666, A069010, A087624, A091202, A091221, A143519, A144494, A158210, A156542, A156552, A000010, A008683.
Sum of the k-th powers of the primes dividing n for k=0..10: this sequence (k=0), A008472 (k=1), A005063 (k=2), A005064 (k=3), A005065 (k=4), A351193 (k=5), A351194 (k=6), A351195 (k=7), A351196 (k=8), A351197 (k=9), A351198 (k=10).
Sequences of the form n^k * Sum_{p|n, p prime} 1/p^k for k=0..10: this sequence (k=0), A069359 (k=1), A322078 (k=2), A351242 (k=3), A351244 (k=4), A351245 (k=5), A351246 (k=6), A351247 (k=7), A351248 (k=8), A351249 (k=9), A351262 (k=10).

Programs

  • Haskell
    import Math.NumberTheory.Primes.Factorisation (factorise)
a001221 = length . snd . unzip . factorise
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Nov 28 2015
  • Julia
    using Nemo
function NumberOfPrimeFactors(n; distinct=true)
    distinct && return length(factor(ZZ(n)))
    sum(e for (p, e) in factor(ZZ(n)); init=0)
end
println([NumberOfPrimeFactors(n) for n in 1:60]) # Peter Luschny, Jan 02 2024
  • Magma
    [#PrimeDivisors(n): n in [1..120]]; // Bruno Berselli, Oct 15 2021
  • Maple
    A001221 := proc(n) local t1, i; if n = 1 then return 0 else t1 := 0; for i to n do if n mod ithprime(i) = 0 then t1 := t1 + 1 end if end do end if; t1 end proc;
A001221 := proc(n) nops(numtheory[factorset](n)) end proc: # Emeric Deutsch
omega := n -> NumberTheory:-NumberOfPrimeFactors(n, 'distinct'): # Peter Luschny, Jun 15 2025
  • Mathematica
    Array[ Length[ FactorInteger[ # ] ]&, 100 ]
PrimeNu[Range[120]]  (* Harvey P. Dale, Apr 26 2011 *)
  • MuPAD
    func(nops(numlib::primedivisors(n)), n):
  • MuPAD
    numlib::omega(n)$ n=1..110 // Zerinvary Lajos, May 13 2008
  • PARI
    a(n)=omega(n)
  • Python
    from sympy.ntheory import primefactors
print([len(primefactors(n)) for n in range(1, 1001)])  # Indranil Ghosh, Mar 19 2017
  • Sage
    def A001221(n): return sum(1 for p in divisors(n) if is_prime(p))
[A001221(n) for n in (1..80)] # Peter Luschny, Feb 01 2012
  • SageMath
    [sloane.A001221(n) for n in (1..111)] # Giuseppe Coppoletta, Jan 19 2015
  • SageMath
    [gp.omega(n) for n in range(1,101)] # G. C. Greubel, Jul 13 2024

Formula

G.f.: Sum_{k>=1} x^prime(k)/(1-x^prime(k)). - Benoit Cloitre, Apr 21 2003; corrected by Franklin T. Adams-Watters, Sep 01 2009
Dirichlet generating function: zeta(s)*primezeta(s). - Franklin T. Adams-Watters, Sep 11 2005
Additive with a(p^e) = 1.
a(1) = 0, a(p) = 1, a(pq) = 2, a(pq...z) = k, a(p^k) = 1, where p, q, ..., z are k distinct primes and k natural numbers. - Jaroslav Krizek, May 04 2009
a(n) = log_2(Sum_{d|n} mu(d)^2). - Enrique Pérez Herrero, Jul 09 2012
a(A002110(n)) = n, i.e., a(prime(n)#) = n. - Jean-Marc Rebert, Jul 23 2015
a(n) = A091221(A091202(n)) = A069010(A156552(n)). - Antti Karttunen, circa 2004 & Mar 06 2017
L.g.f.: -log(Product_{k>=1} (1 - x^prime(k))^(1/prime(k))) = Sum_{n>=1} a(n)*x^n/n. - Ilya Gutkovskiy, Jul 30 2018
a(n) = log_2(Sum_{k=1..n} mu(gcd(n,k))^2/phi(n/gcd(n,k))) = log_2(Sum_{k=1..n} mu(n/gcd(n,k))^2/phi(n/gcd(n,k))), where phi = A000010 and mu = A008683. - Richard L. Ollerton, May 13 2021
Sum_{k=1..n} 2^(-a(gcd(n,k)) - A001222(n/gcd(n,k)))/phi(n/gcd(n,k)) = Sum_{k=1..n} 2^(-A001222(gcd(n,k)) - a(n/gcd(n,k)))/phi(n/gcd(n,k)) = 1, where phi = A000010. - Richard L. Ollerton, May 13 2021
a(n) = A005089(n) + A005091(n) + A059841(n) = A005088(n) +A005090(n) +A079978(n). - R. J. Mathar, Jul 22 2021
From Wesley Ivan Hurt, Jun 22 2024: (Start)
a(n) = Sum_{p|n, p prime} 1.
a(n) = Sum_{d|n} c(d), where c = A010051. (End)

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