A023584 Greatest exponent in prime-power factorization of 2*p(n)-1.

1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 4, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1

Offset: 1

Author

Clark Kimberling

Keywords

• nonn

Links

• Harvey P. Dale, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000

Programs

Mathematica

Max[Transpose[FactorInteger[2 #-1]][[2]]]&/@Prime[Range[100]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Dec 12 2012 *)