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A020639 Lpf(n): least prime dividing n (when n > 1); a(1) = 1. Or, smallest prime factor of n, or smallest prime divisor of n.

1, 2, 3, 2, 5, 2, 7, 2, 3, 2, 11, 2, 13, 2, 3, 2, 17, 2, 19, 2, 3, 2, 23, 2, 5, 2, 3, 2, 29, 2, 31, 2, 3, 2, 5, 2, 37, 2, 3, 2, 41, 2, 43, 2, 3, 2, 47, 2, 7, 2, 3, 2, 53, 2, 5, 2, 3, 2, 59, 2, 61, 2, 3, 2, 5, 2, 67, 2, 3, 2, 71, 2, 73, 2, 3, 2, 7, 2, 79, 2, 3, 2, 83, 2, 5, 2, 3, 2, 89, 2, 7, 2, 3, 2, 5, 2, 97

Offset: 1

David W. Wilson

Also, the largest number of distinct integers such that all their pairwise differences are coprime to n. - Max Alekseyev, Mar 17 2006
The unit 1 is not a prime number (although it has been considered so in the past). 1 is the empty product of prime numbers, thus 1 has no least prime factor. - Daniel Forgues, Jul 05 2011
a(n) = least m > 0 for which n! + m and n - m are not relatively prime. - Clark Kimberling, Jul 21 2012
For n > 1, a(n) = the smallest k > 1 that divides n. - Antti Karttunen, Feb 01 2014
For n > 1, records are at prime indices. - Zak Seidov, Apr 29 2015
The initials "lpf" might be mistaken for "largest prime factor" (A009190), using "spf" for "smallest prime factor" would avoid this. - M. F. Hasler, Jul 29 2015
n = 89 is the first index > 1 for which a(n) differs from the smallest k > 1 such that (2^k + n - 2)/k is an integer. - M. F. Hasler, Aug 11 2015
From Stanislav Sykora, Jul 29 2017: (Start)
For n > 1, a(n) is also the smallest k, 1 < k <= n, for which the binomial(n,k) is not divisible by n.
Proof: (A) When k and n are relatively prime then binomial(n,k) is divisible by n because k*binomial(n,k) = n*binomial(n-1,k-1). (B) When gcd(n,k) > 1, one of its prime factors is the smallest; let us denote it p, p <= k, and consider the binomial(n,p) = (1/p!)*Product_{i=0..p-1} (n-i). Since p is a divisor of n, it cannot be a divisor of any of the remaining numerator factors. It follows that, denoting as e the largest e > 0 such that p^e|n, the numerator is divisible by p^e but not by p^(e+1). Hence, the binomial is divisible by p^(e-1) but not by p^e and therefore not divisible by n. Applying (A), (B) to all considered values of k completes the proof. (End)
From Bob Selcoe, Oct 11 2017, edited by M. F. Hasler, Nov 06 2017: (Start)
a(n) = prime(j) when n == J (mod A002110(j)), n, j >= 1, where J is the set of numbers <= A002110(j) with smallest prime factor = prime(j). The number of terms in J is A005867(j-1). So:
a(n) = 2 when n == 0 (mod 2);
a(n) = 3 when n == 3 (mod 6);
a(n) = 5 when n == 5 or 25 (mod 30);
a(n) = 7 when n == 7, 49, 77, 91, 119, 133, 161 or 203 (mod 210);
etc. (End)
For n > 1, a(n) is the leftmost term, other than 0 or 1, in the n-th row of A127093. - Davis Smith, Mar 05 2019

D. S. Mitrinovic et al., Handbook of Number Theory, Kluwer, Section IV.1.

Daniel Forgues, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..100000 (terms 1..10000 from T. D. Noe)
A. E. Brouwer, Two number theoretic sums, Stichting Mathematisch Centrum. Zuivere Wiskunde, Report ZW 19/74 (1974): 3 pages. [Copy included with the permission of the author.]
OEIS Wiki, Least prime factor of n
David Singmaster, Letter to N. J. A. Sloane, Oct 3 1982.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Least Prime Factor
Index entries for "core" sequences

Cf. A090368 (bisection).
Cf. A000040, A009190, A006530, A034684, A028233, A034699, A053585.
See also A032742, A055396, A068319, A088377, A007978, A053669, A117818.
Cf. A046669 (partial sums), A072486 (partial products).
Cf. A002110, A005867.
Cf. A127093.

a020639 n = spf a000040_list where
  spf (p:ps) | n < p^2      = n
             | mod n p == 0 = p
             | otherwise    = spf ps
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 13 2011

A020639 := proc(n) if n = 1 then 1; else min(op(numtheory[factorset](n))) ; end if; end proc: seq(A020639(n),n=1..20) ; # R. J. Mathar, Oct 25 2010

f[n_]:=FactorInteger[n][[1,1]]; Join[{1}, Array[f,120,2]]  (* Robert G. Wilson v, Apr 06 2011 *)
Join[{1}, Table[If[EvenQ[n], 2, FactorInteger[n][[1,1]]], {n, 2, 120}]] (* Zak Seidov, Nov 17 2013 *)
Riffle[Join[{1},Table[FactorInteger[n][[1,1]],{n,3,101,2}]],2] (* Harvey P. Dale, Dec 16 2021 *)

A020639(n) = { vecmin(factor(n)[,1]) } \\ [Will yield an error for n = 1.] - R. J. Mathar, Mar 02 2012

A020639(n)=if(n>1, if(n>n=factor(n,0)[1,1], n, factor(n)[1,1]), 1) \\ Avoids complete factorization if possible. Often the smallest prime factor can be found quickly even if it is larger than primelimit. If factoring takes too long for large n, use debugging level >= 3 (\g3) to display the smallest factor as soon as it is found. - M. F. Hasler, Jul 29 2015

from sympy import factorint
def a(n): return 1 if n == 1 else min(factorint(n))
print([a(n) for n in range(1, 98)]) # Michael S. Branicky, Dec 09 2021

def A020639_list(n) : return [1] + [prime_divisors(n)[0] for n in (2..n)]
A020639_list(97) # Peter Luschny, Jul 16 2012

[trial_division(n) for n in (1..100)] # Giuseppe Coppoletta, May 25 2016

(define (A020639 n) (if (< n 2) n (let loop ((k 2)) (cond ((zero? (modulo n k)) k) (else (loop (+ 1 k))))))) ;; Antti Karttunen, Feb 01 2014

A014673(n) = a(A032742(n)); A115561(n) = a(A054576(n)). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Mar 10 2006
A028233(n) = a(n)^A067029(n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, May 13 2006
a(n) = A027746(n,1) = A027748(n,1). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Aug 27 2011
For n > 1: a(n) = A240694(n,2). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Apr 10 2014
a(n) = A000040(A055396(n)) = n / A032742(n). - Antti Karttunen, Mar 07 2017
a(n) has average order n/(2 log n) [Brouwer] - N. J. A. Sloane, Sep 03 2017

Deleted wrong comment from M. Lagneau in 2012, following an observation by Gionata Neri. - M. F. Hasler, Aug 11 2015
Edited by M. F. Hasler, Nov 06 2017
Expanded definition to make this easier to find. - N. J. A. Sloane, Sep 21 2020

A046670 Partial sums of A006530.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 3, 6, 8, 13, 16, 23, 25, 28, 33, 44, 47, 60, 67, 72, 74, 91, 94, 113, 118, 125, 136, 159, 162, 167, 180, 183, 190, 219, 224, 255, 257, 268, 285, 292, 295, 332, 351, 364, 369, 410, 417, 460, 471, 476, 499, 546, 549, 556, 561, 578, 591, 644, 647, 658, 665, 684

Offset: 1

N. J. A. Sloane

Handbook of Number Theory, D. S. Mitrinovic et al., Kluwer, Section IV.1.

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000
K. Alladi and P. Erdős, On an additive arithmetic function, Pacific J. Math., Volume 71, Number 2 (1977), 275-294. MR 0447086 (56 #5401).
A. E. Brouwer, Two number theoretic sums, Stichting Mathematisch Centrum. Zuivere Wiskunde, Report ZW 19/74 (1974): 3 pages. [Cached copy, included with the permission of the author]

Cf. A006530, A046669, A104350, A360559.

a046670 n = a046670_list !! (n-1)
a046670_list = scanl1 (+) a006530_list -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Jun 15 2013

Accumulate[Prepend[Table[FactorInteger[n][[-1,1]],{n,2,100}],1]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jun 11 2011 *)

gpf(n)=if(n<4,n,n=factor(n)[,1];n[#n])
a(n)=sum(k=1,n,gpf(k)) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Feb 19 2014

a(n) = Pi^2/12 * n^2/log n + O(n^2/log^2 n). [See Mitrinovic et al.] - Charles R Greathouse IV, Feb 19 2014

More terms from James Sellers

A088821 a(n) is the sum of smallest prime factors of numbers from 1 to n.

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 2, 5, 7, 12, 14, 21, 23, 26, 28, 39, 41, 54, 56, 59, 61, 78, 80, 99, 101, 104, 106, 129, 131, 136, 138, 141, 143, 172, 174, 205, 207, 210, 212, 217, 219, 256, 258, 261, 263, 304, 306, 349, 351, 354, 356, 403, 405, 412, 414, 417, 419, 472, 474, 479, 481, 484

Offset: 1

Labos Elemer, Oct 22 2003

nonn

M. Kalecki, On certain sums extended over primes or prime factors, Prace Mat, Vol. 8 (1963), pp. 121-127.
J. Sandor, D. S. Mitrinovic, B. Crstici, Handbook of Number Theory I, Volume 1, Springer, 2005, Chapter IV, p. 121.

Michael De Vlieger, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
Project Euler, Problem 521 - Smallest prime factor

Cf. A020639, A046669, A088822, A088823, A088824, A088825.

P:=List(List([2..60],n->Factors(n)),i->i[1]);;
a:=Concatenation([0],List([1..Length(P)],i->Sum([1..i],k->P[k]))); # Muniru A Asiru, Nov 29 2018

Prepend[Accumulate[Rest[Table[FactorInteger[i][[1,1]],{i,60}]]],0] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jan 09 2011 *)

a(n) = sum(k=2, n, factor(k)[1,1]); \\ Michel Marcus, May 15 2017

a(n) ~ n^2/(2 log n) [Kalecki]. - Thomas Ordowski, Nov 29 2018

a(n) = Sum_{prime p} n(p)*p, where n(p) is the number of integers in [1,n] with smallest prime factor spf(.) = A020639(.) = p, decreasing from n(2) = floor(n/2) to n(p) = 1 for p >= sqrt(n), possibly earlier, and n(p) = 0 for p > n. One has n(p) ~ D(p)*n where D(p) = (Product_{primes q < p} 1-1/q)/p = A038110/A038111 is the density of numbers having p as smallest prime factor. - M. F. Hasler, Dec 05 2018

A280050 a(n) = Sum_{k=2..n} k/lpf(k), where lpf(k) is the least prime dividing k (A020639).

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 13, 16, 21, 22, 28, 29, 36, 41, 49, 50, 59, 60, 70, 77, 88, 89, 101, 106, 119, 128, 142, 143, 158, 159, 175, 186, 203, 210, 228, 229, 248, 261, 281, 282, 303, 304, 326, 341, 364, 365, 389, 396, 421, 438, 464, 465, 492, 503, 531, 550, 579, 580, 610, 611, 642, 663, 695, 708, 741, 742, 776, 799, 834, 835

Offset: 1

Ilya Gutkovskiy, Jan 02 2017

Sum of the largest proper divisors of all positive integers <= n.

			For n = 8 the divisors of the first eight positive integers are {1}, {1, 2}, {1, 3}, {1, 2, 4}, {1, 5}, {1, 2, 3, 6}, {1, 7}, {1, 2, 4, 8}, so a(8) = 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 4 = 13.

Amiram Eldar, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Least Prime Factor.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Proper Divisor.

Cf. A001065, A002110, A005867, A020639, A032742, A046669, A046670, A153485.

Table[Sum[k/FactorInteger[k][[1, 1]], {k, 2, n}], {n, 71}]
Join[{0}, Accumulate[Table[k/FactorInteger[k][[1, 1]], {k, 2, 71}]]] (* Amiram Eldar, Jul 03 2025 *)

list(kmax) = {my(s = 0); print1(s, ", "); for(k = 2, kmax, s += k/factor(k)[1,1]; print1(s, ", "));} \\ Amiram Eldar, Jul 03 2025

a(n) = Sum_{k=2..n} k/A020639(k).
a(n) + 1 = Sum_{k=1..n} A032742(k).
a(p^k) = a(p^k-1) + p^(k-1), when p is prime.
a(n) ~ c * n^2, where c = (1/2) * Sum_{k>=1} A005867(k-1)/(prime(k)*A002110(k)) = 0.165049... . - Amiram Eldar, Jul 03 2025

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A020639 Lpf(n): least prime dividing n (when n > 1); a(1) = 1. Or, smallest prime factor of n, or smallest prime divisor of n.

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A280050 a(n) = Sum_{k=2..n} k/lpf(k), where lpf(k) is the least prime dividing k (A020639).

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