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A000027 The positive integers. Also called the natural numbers, the whole numbers or the counting numbers, but these terms are ambiguous.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77

Offset: 1

N. J. A. Sloane

For some authors, the terms "natural numbers" and "counting numbers" include 0, i.e., refer to the nonnegative integers A001477; the term "whole numbers" frequently also designates the whole set of (signed) integers A001057.
a(n) is smallest positive integer which is consistent with sequence being monotonically increasing and satisfying a(a(n)) = n (cf. A007378).
Inverse Euler transform of A000219.
The rectangular array having A000027 as antidiagonals is the dispersion of the complement of the triangular numbers, A000217 (which triangularly form column 1 of this array). The array is also the transpose of A038722. - Clark Kimberling, Apr 05 2003
For nonzero x, define f(n) = floor(nx) - floor(n/x). Then f=A000027 if and only if x=tau or x=-tau. - Clark Kimberling, Jan 09 2005
Numbers of form (2^i)*k for odd k (i.e., n = A006519(n)*A000265(n)); thus n corresponds uniquely to an ordered pair (i,k) where i=A007814, k=A000265 (with A007814(2n)=A001511(n), A007814(2n+1)=0). - Lekraj Beedassy, Apr 22 2006
If the offset were changed to 0, we would have the following pattern: a(n)=binomial(n,0) + binomial(n,1) for the present sequence (number of regions in 1-space defined by n points), A000124 (number of regions in 2-space defined by n straight lines), A000125 (number of regions in 3-space defined by n planes), A000127 (number of regions in 4-space defined by n hyperplanes), A006261, A008859, A008860, A008861, A008862 and A008863, where the last six sequences are interpreted analogously and in each "... by n ..." clause an offset of 0 has been assumed, resulting in a(0)=1 for all of them, which corresponds to the case of not cutting with a hyperplane at all and therefore having one region. - Peter C. Heinig (algorithms(AT)gmx.de), Oct 19 2006
Define a number of points on a straight line to be in general arrangement when no two points coincide. Then these are the numbers of regions defined by n points in general arrangement on a straight line, when an offset of 0 is assumed. For instance, a(0)=1, since using no point at all leaves one region. The sequence satisfies the recursion a(n) = a(n-1) + 1. This has the following geometrical interpretation: Suppose there are already n-1 points in general arrangement, thus defining the maximal number of regions on a straight line obtainable by n-1 points, and now one more point is added in general arrangement. Then it will coincide with no other point and act as a dividing wall thereby creating one new region in addition to the a(n-1)=(n-1)+1=n regions already there, hence a(n)=a(n-1)+1. Cf. the comments on A000124 for an analogous interpretation. - Peter C. Heinig (algorithms(AT)gmx.de), Oct 19 2006
The sequence a(n)=n (for n=1,2,3) and a(n)=n+1 (for n=4,5,...) gives to the rank (minimal cardinality of a generating set) for the semigroup I_n\S_n, where I_n and S_n denote the symmetric inverse semigroup and symmetric group on [n]. - James East, May 03 2007
The sequence a(n)=n (for n=1,2), a(n)=n+1 (for n=3) and a(n)=n+2 (for n=4,5,...) gives the rank (minimal cardinality of a generating set) for the semigroup PT_n\T_n, where PT_n and T_n denote the partial transformation semigroup and transformation semigroup on [n]. - James East, May 03 2007
"God made the integers; all else is the work of man." This famous quotation is a translation of "Die ganzen Zahlen hat der liebe Gott gemacht, alles andere ist Menschenwerk," spoken by Leopold Kronecker in a lecture at the Berliner Naturforscher-Versammlung in 1886. Possibly the first publication of the statement is in Heinrich Weber's "Leopold Kronecker," Jahresberichte D.M.V. 2 (1893) 5-31. - Clark Kimberling, Jul 07 2007
Binomial transform of A019590, inverse binomial transform of A001792. - Philippe Deléham, Oct 24 2007
Writing A000027 as N, perhaps the simplest one-to-one correspondence between N X N and N is this: f(m,n) = ((m+n)^2 - m - 3n + 2)/2. Its inverse is given by I(k)=(g,h), where g = k - J(J-1)/2, h = J + 1 - g, J = floor((1 + sqrt(8k - 7))/2). Thus I(1)=(1,1), I(2)=(1,2), I(3)=(2,1) and so on; the mapping I fills the first-quadrant lattice by successive antidiagonals. - Clark Kimberling, Sep 11 2008
a(n) is also the mean of the first n odd integers. - Ian Kent, Dec 23 2008
Equals INVERTi transform of A001906, the even-indexed Fibonacci numbers starting (1, 3, 8, 21, 55, ...). - Gary W. Adamson, Jun 05 2009
These are also the 2-rough numbers: positive integers that have no prime factors less than 2. - Michael B. Porter, Oct 08 2009
Totally multiplicative sequence with a(p) = p for prime p. Totally multiplicative sequence with a(p) = a(p-1) + 1 for prime p. - Jaroslav Krizek, Oct 18 2009
Triangle T(k,j) of natural numbers, read by rows, with T(k,j) = binomial(k,2) + j = (k^2-k)/2 + j where 1 <= j <= k. In other words, a(n) = n = binomial(k,2) + j where k is the largest integer such that binomial(k,2) < n and j = n - binomial(k,2). For example, T(4,1)=7, T(4,2)=8, T(4,3)=9, and T(4,4)=10. Note that T(n,n)=A000217(n), the n-th triangular number. - Dennis P. Walsh, Nov 19 2009
Hofstadter-Conway-like sequence (see A004001): a(n) = a(a(n-1)) + a(n-a(n-1)) with a(1) = 1, a(2) = 2. - Jaroslav Krizek, Dec 11 2009
a(n) is also the dimension of the irreducible representations of the Lie algebra sl(2). - Leonid Bedratyuk, Jan 04 2010
Floyd's triangle read by rows. - Paul Muljadi, Jan 25 2010
Number of numbers between k and 2k where k is an integer. - Giovanni Teofilatto, Mar 26 2010
Generated from a(2n) = r*a(n), a(2n+1) = a(n) + a(n+1), r = 2; in an infinite set, row 2 of the array shown in A178568. - Gary W. Adamson, May 29 2010
1/n = continued fraction [n]. Let barover[n] = [n,n,n,...] = 1/k. Then k - 1/k = n. Example: [2,2,2,...] = (sqrt(2) - 1) = 1/k, with k = (sqrt(2) + 1). Then 2 = k - 1/k. - Gary W. Adamson, Jul 15 2010
Number of n-digit numbers the binary expansion of which contains one run of 1's. - Vladimir Shevelev, Jul 30 2010
From Clark Kimberling, Jan 29 2011: (Start)
Let T denote the "natural number array A000027":
   1    2    4    7 ...
   3    5    8   12 ...
   6    9   13   18 ...
  10   14   19   25 ...
T(n,k) = n+(n+k-2)*(n+k-1)/2. See A185787 for a list of sequences based on T, such as rows, columns, diagonals, and sub-arrays. (End)
The Stern polynomial B(n,x) evaluated at x=2. See A125184. - T. D. Noe, Feb 28 2011
The denominator in the Maclaurin series of log(2), which is 1 - 1/2 + 1/3 - 1/4 + .... - Mohammad K. Azarian, Oct 13 2011
As a function of Bernoulli numbers B_n (cf. A027641: (1, -1/2, 1/6, 0, -1/30, 0, 1/42, ...)): let V = a variant of B_n changing the (-1/2) to (1/2). Then triangle A074909 (the beheaded Pascal's triangle) * [1, 1/2, 1/6, 0, -1/30, ...] = the vector [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...]. - Gary W. Adamson, Mar 05 2012
Number of partitions of 2n+1 into exactly two parts. - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Jul 15 2013
Integers n dividing u(n) = 2u(n-1) - u(n-2); u(0)=0, u(1)=1 (Lucas sequence A001477). - Thomas M. Bridge, Nov 03 2013
For this sequence, the generalized continued fraction a(1)+a(1)/(a(2)+a(2)/(a(3)+a(3)/(a(4)+...))), evaluates to 1/(e-2) = A194807. - Stanislav Sykora, Jan 20 2014
Engel expansion of e-1 (A091131 = 1.71828...). - Jaroslav Krizek, Jan 23 2014
a(n) is the number of permutations of length n simultaneously avoiding 213, 231 and 321 in the classical sense which are breadth-first search reading words of increasing unary-binary trees. For more details, see the entry for permutations avoiding 231 at A245898. - Manda Riehl, Aug 05 2014
a(n) is also the number of permutations simultaneously avoiding 213, 231 and 321 in the classical sense which can be realized as labels on an increasing strict binary tree with 2n-1 nodes. See A245904 for more information on increasing strict binary trees. - Manda Riehl, Aug 07 2014
a(n) = least k such that 2*Pi - Sum_{h=1..k} 1/(h^2 - h + 3/16) < 1/n. - Clark Kimberling, Sep 28 2014
a(n) = least k such that Pi^2/6 - Sum_{h=1..k} 1/h^2 < 1/n. - Clark Kimberling, Oct 02 2014
Determinants of the spiral knots S(2,k,(1)). a(k) = det(S(2,k,(1))). These knots are also the torus knots T(2,k). - Ryan Stees, Dec 15 2014
As a function, the restriction of the identity map on the nonnegative integers {0,1,2,3...}, A001477, to the positive integers {1,2,3,...}. - M. F. Hasler, Jan 18 2015
See also A131685(k) = smallest positive number m such that c(i) = m (i^1 + 1) (i^2 + 2) ... (i^k+ k) / k! takes integral values for all i>=0: For k=1, A131685(k)=1, which implies that this is a well defined integer sequence. - Alexander R. Povolotsky, Apr 24 2015
a(n) is the number of compositions of n+2 into n parts avoiding the part 2. - Milan Janjic, Jan 07 2016
Does not satisfy Benford's law [Berger-Hill, 2017] - N. J. A. Sloane, Feb 07 2017
Parametrization for the finite multisubsets of the positive integers, where, for p_j the j-th prime, n = Product_{j} p_j^(e_j) corresponds to the multiset containing e_j copies of j ('Heinz encoding' -- see A056239, A003963, A289506, A289507, A289508, A289509). - Christopher J. Smyth, Jul 31 2017
The arithmetic function v_1(n,1) as defined in A289197. - Robert Price, Aug 22 2017
For n >= 3, a(n)=n is the least area that can be obtained for an irregular octagon drawn in a square of n units side, whose sides are parallel to the axes, with 4 vertices that coincide with the 4 vertices of the square, and the 4 remaining vertices having integer coordinates. See Affaire de Logique link. - Michel Marcus, Apr 28 2018
a(n+1) is the order of rowmotion on a poset defined by a disjoint union of chains of length n. - Nick Mayers, Jun 08 2018
Number of 1's in n-th generation of 1-D Cellular Automata using Rules 50, 58, 114, 122, 178, 186, 206, 220, 238, 242, 250 or 252 in the Wolfram numbering scheme, started with a single 1. - Frank Hollstein, Mar 25 2019
(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...) is the fourth INVERT transform of (1, -2, 3, -4, 5, ...). - Gary W. Adamson, Jul 15 2019

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Robert G. Wilson v, American English names for the numbers from 0 to 100999 without spaces or hyphens
Index entries for "core" sequences
Index entries for sequences of the a(a(n)) = 2n family
Index entries for sequences that are permutations of the natural numbers
Index entries for related partition-counting sequences
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (2,-1).
Index to divisibility sequences
Index entries for sequences related to Benford's law

A001477 = nonnegative numbers.
Partial sums of A000012.
Cf. A001478, A001906, A007931, A007932, A027641, A074909, A089353 (multisets), A178568, A194807.
Cf. A026081 = integers in reverse alphabetical order in U.S. English, A107322 = English name for number and its reverse have the same number of letters, A119796 = zero through ten in alphabetical order of English reverse spelling, A005589, etc. Cf. A185787 (includes a list of sequences based on the natural number array A000027).
Cf. Boustrophedon transforms: A000737, A231179;
Cf. A038722 (mirrored when seen as triangle), A056011 (boustrophedon).
Cf. A048993, A048994, A000110 (see the Feb 03 2015 formula).
Cf. A289187, A000010, A008683, A000203, A049310.

a000027 = id
a000027_list = [1..]  -- Reinhard Zumkeller, May 07 2012

print([n for n in 1:280]) # Paul Muljadi, Apr 09 2024

Magma
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[ n : n in [1..100]];
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A000027 := n->n; seq(A000027(n), n=1..100);

Range@ 77 (* Robert G. Wilson v, Mar 31 2015 *)

makelist(n, n, 1, 30); /* Martin Ettl, Nov 07 2012 */

PARI
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{a(n) = n};
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print join(", ", 1..280) # Paul Muljadi, May 29 2024

def A000027(n): return n # Chai Wah Wu, May 09 2022

R
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1:100
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Shell
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seq 1 100
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a(2k+1) = A005408(k), k >= 0, a(2k) = A005843(k), k >= 1.
Multiplicative with a(p^e) = p^e. - David W. Wilson, Aug 01 2001
Another g.f.: Sum_{n>0} phi(n)*x^n/(1-x^n) (Apostol).
When seen as an array: T(k, n) = n+1 + (k+n)*(k+n+1)/2. Main diagonal is 2n*(n+1)+1 (A001844), antidiagonal sums are n*(n^2+1)/2 (A006003). - Ralf Stephan, Oct 17 2004
Dirichlet generating function: zeta(s-1). - Franklin T. Adams-Watters, Sep 11 2005
G.f.: x/(1-x)^2. E.g.f.: x*exp(x). a(n)=n. a(-n)=-a(n).
Series reversion of g.f. A(x) is x*C(-x)^2 where C(x) is the g.f. of A000108. - Michael Somos, Sep 04 2006
G.f. A(x) satisfies 0 = f(A(x), A(x^2)) where f(u, v) = u^2 - v - 4*u*v. - Michael Somos, Oct 03 2006
Convolution of A000012 (the all-ones sequence) with itself. - Tanya Khovanova, Jun 22 2007
a(n) = 2*a(n-1)-a(n-2); a(1)=1, a(2)=2. a(n) = 1+a(n-1). - Philippe Deléham, Nov 03 2008
a(n) = A000720(A000040(n)). - Juri-Stepan Gerasimov, Nov 29 2009
a(n+1) = Sum_{k=0..n} A101950(n,k). - Philippe Deléham, Feb 10 2012
a(n) = Sum_{d | n} phi(d) = Sum_{d | n} A000010(d). - Jaroslav Krizek, Apr 20 2012
G.f.: x * Product_{j>=0} (1+x^(2^j))^2 = x * (1+2*x+x^2) * (1+2*x^2+x^4) * (1+2*x^4+x^8) * ... = x + 2x^2 + 3x^3 + ... . - Gary W. Adamson, Jun 26 2012
a(n) = det(binomial(i+1,j), 1 <= i,j <= n). - Mircea Merca, Apr 06 2013
E.g.f.: x*E(0), where E(k) = 1 + 1/(x - x^3/(x^2 + (k+1)/E(k+1) )); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Aug 03 2013
From Wolfdieter Lang, Oct 09 2013: (Start)
a(n) = Product_{k=1..n-1} 2*sin(Pi*k/n), n > 1.
a(n) = Product_{k=1..n-1} (2*sin(Pi*k/(2*n)))^2, n > 1.
These identities are used in the calculation of products of ratios of lengths of certain lines in a regular n-gon. For the first identity see the Gradstein-Ryshik reference, p. 62, 1.392 1., bringing the first factor there to the left hand side and taking the limit x -> 0 (L'Hôpital). The second line follows from the first one. Thanks to Seppo Mustonen who led me to consider n-gon lengths products. (End)
a(n) = Sum_{j=0..k} (-1)^(j-1)*j*binomial(n,j)*binomial(n-1+k-j,k-j), k>=0. - Mircea Merca, Jan 25 2014
a(n) = A052410(n)^A052409(n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Apr 06 2014
a(n) = Sum_{k=1..n^2+2*n} 1/(sqrt(k)+sqrt(k+1)). - Pierre CAMI, Apr 25 2014
a(n) = floor(1/sin(1/n)) = floor(cot(1/(n+1))) = ceiling(cot(1/n)). - Clark Kimberling, Oct 08 2014
a(n) = floor(1/(log(n+1)-log(n))). - Thomas Ordowski, Oct 10 2014
a(k) = det(S(2,k,1)). - Ryan Stees, Dec 15 2014
a(n) = 1/(1/(n+1) + 1/(n+1)^2 + 1/(n+1)^3 + ...). - Pierre CAMI, Jan 22 2015
a(n) = Sum_{m=0..n-1} Stirling1(n-1,m)*Bell(m+1), for n >= 1. This corresponds to Bell(m+1) = Sum_{k=0..m} Stirling2(m, k)*(k+1), for m >= 0, from the fact that Stirling2*Stirling1 = identity matrix. See A048993, A048994 and A000110. - Wolfdieter Lang, Feb 03 2015
a(n) = Sum_{k=1..2n-1}(-1)^(k+1)*k*(2n-k). In addition, surprisingly, a(n) = Sum_{k=1..2n-1}(-1)^(k+1)*k^2*(2n-k)^2. - Charlie Marion, Jan 05 2016
G.f.: x/(1-x)^2 = (x * r(x) *r(x^3) * r(x^9) * r(x^27) * ...), where r(x) = (1 + x + x^2)^2 = (1 + 2x + 3x^2 + 2x^3 + x^4). - Gary W. Adamson, Jan 11 2017
a(n) = floor(1/(Pi/2-arctan(n))). - Clark Kimberling, Mar 11 2020
a(n) = Sum_{d|n} mu(n/d)*sigma(d). - Ridouane Oudra, Oct 03 2020
a(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} phi(gcd(n,k))/phi(n/gcd(n,k)). - Richard L. Ollerton, May 09 2021
a(n) = S(n-1, 2), with the Chebyshev S-polynomials A049310. - Wolfdieter Lang, Mar 09 2023
From Peter Bala, Nov 02 2024: (Start)
For positive integer m, a(n) = (1/m)* Sum_{k = 1..2*m*n-1} (-1)^(k+1) * k * (2*m*n - k) = (1/m) * Sum_{k = 1..2*m*n-1} (-1)^(k+1) * k^2 * (2*m*n - k)^2 (the case m = 1 is given above).
a(n) = Sum_{k = 0..3*n} (-1)^(n+k+1) * k * binomial(3*n+k, 2*k). (End)

Links edited by Daniel Forgues, Oct 07 2009.

A051903 Maximum exponent in the prime factorization of n.

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 3, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, 1, 1, 5, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 4, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 6, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 4, 4, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 5, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1

Offset: 1

Labos Elemer, Dec 16 1999

Smallest number of factors of all factorizations of n into squarefree numbers, see also A128651, A001055. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Mar 30 2007
Maximum number of invariant factors among abelian groups of order n. - Álvar Ibeas, Nov 01 2014
a(n) is the highest of the frequencies of the parts of the partition having Heinz number n. We define the Heinz number of a partition p = [p_1, p_2, ..., p_r] as Product(p_j-th prime, j=1..r) (concept used by Alois P. Heinz in A215366 as an "encoding" of a partition). For example, for the partition [1, 1, 2, 4, 10] we get 2*2*3*7*29 = 2436. Example: a(24) = 3; indeed, the partition having Heinz number 24 = 2*2*2*3 is [1,1,1,2], where the distinct parts 1 and 2 have frequencies 3 and 1, respectively. - Emeric Deutsch, Jun 04 2015
From Thomas Ordowski, Dec 02 2019: (Start)
a(n) is the smallest k such that b^(phi(n)+k) == b^k (mod n) for all b.
The Euler phi function can be replaced by the Carmichael lambda function.
Problems:
(*) Are there composite numbers n > 4 such that n == a(n) (mod phi(n))? By Lehmer's totient conjecture, there are no such squarefree numbers.
(**) Are there odd numbers n such that a(n) > 1 and n == a(n) (mod lambda(n))? These are odd numbers n such that a(n) > 1 and b^n == b^a(n) (mod n) for all b.
(***) Are there odd numbers n such that a(n) > 1 and n == a(n) (mod ord_{n}(2))? These are odd numbers n such that a(n) > 1 and 2^n == 2^a(n) (mod n).
Note: if (***) do not exist, then (**) do not exist. (End)
Niven (1969) proved that the asymptotic mean of this sequence is 1 + Sum_{j>=2} 1 - (1/zeta(j)) (A033150). - Amiram Eldar, Jul 10 2020

			For n = 72 = 2^3*3^2, a(72) = max(exponents) = max(3,2) = 3.

Daniel Forgues, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..100000 (first 10000 terms from T. D. Noe)
Benjamin Merlin Bumpus and Zoltan A. Kocsis, Spined categories: generalizing tree-width beyond graphs, arXiv:2104.01841 [math.CO], 2021.
Cao Hui-Zhong, The Asymptotic Formulas Related to Exponents in Factoring Integers, Math. Balkanica, Vol. 5 (1991), Fasc. 2.
Ivan Niven, Averages of Exponents in Factoring Integers, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc., Vol. 22, No. 2 (1969), pp. 356-360.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Niven's Constant.
Index entries for sequences computed from exponents in factorization of n

Average value is A033150 = 1.7052....

Cf. A002322, A005361, A008479, A028234, A051904, A052409, A067029, A091050, A129132, A327295, A328310, A329885.

a051903 1 = 0
a051903 n = maximum $ a124010_row n -- Reinhard Zumkeller, May 27 2012

A051903 := proc(n)
        a := 0 ;
        for f in ifactors(n)[2] do
                a := max(a,op(2,f)) ;
        end do:
        a ;
end proc: # R. J. Mathar, Apr 03 2012
# second Maple program:
a:= n-> max(0, seq(i[2], i=ifactors(n)[2])):
seq(a(n), n=1..120);  # Alois P. Heinz, May 09 2020

Table[If[n == 1, 0, Max @@ Last /@ FactorInteger[n]], {n, 100}] (* Ray Chandler, Jan 24 2006 *)

a(n)=if(n>1,vecmax(factor(n)[,2]),0) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Oct 30 2012

from sympy import factorint
def A051903(n):
    return max(factorint(n).values()) if n > 1 else 0
# Chai Wah Wu, Jan 03 2015

;; With memoization-macro definec.
(definec (A051903 n) (if (= 1 n) 0 (max (A067029 n) (A051903 (A028234 n))))) ;; Antti Karttunen, Aug 08 2016

a(n) = max_{k=1..A001221(n)} A124010(n,k). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Aug 27 2011
a(1) = 0; for n > 1, a(n) = max(A067029(n), a(A028234(n))). - Antti Karttunen, Aug 08 2016
Conjecture: a(n) = a(A003557(n)) + 1. This relation together with a(1) = 0 defines the sequence. - Velin Yanev, Sep 02 2017
Comment from David J. Seal, Sep 18 2017: (Start)
This conjecture seems very easily provable to me: if the factorization of n is p1^k1 * p2^k2 * ... * pm^km, then the factorization of the largest squarefree divisor of n is p1 * p2 * ... * pm. So the factorization of A003557(n) is p1^(k1-1) * p2^(k2-1) * ... * pm^(km-1) if exponents of zero are allowed, or with the product terms that have an exponent of zero removed if they're not (if that results in an empty product, consider it to be 1 as usual).
The formula then follows from the fact that provided all ki >= 1, Max(k1, k2, ..., km) = Max(k1-1, k2-1, ..., km-1) + 1, and Max(k1-1, k2-1, ..., km-1) is not altered by removing the ki-1 values that are 0, provided we treat the empty Max() as being 0. That proves the formula and the provisos about empty products and Max() correspond to a(1) = 0.
Also, for any n, applying the formula Max(k1, k2, ..., km) times to n = p1^k1 * p2^k2 * ... * pm^km reduces all the exponents to zero, i.e., to the case a(1) = 0, so that case and the formula generate the sequence. (End)
Sum_{k=1..n} (-1)^k * a(k) ~ c * n, where c = Sum_{k>=2} 1/((2^k-1)*zeta(k)) = 0.44541445377638761933... . - Amiram Eldar, Jul 28 2024
a(n) <= log(n)/log(2). - Hal M. Switkay, Jul 03 2025

A007916 Numbers that are not perfect powers.

Original entry on oeis.org

2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83

Offset: 1

R. Muller

From Gus Wiseman, Oct 23 2016: (Start)
There is a 1-to-1 correspondence between integers N >= 2 and sequences a(x_1),a(x_2),...,a(x_k) of terms from this sequence. Every N >= 2 can be written uniquely as a "power tower"
N = a(x_1)^a(x_2)^a(x_3)^...^a(x_k),
where the exponents are to be nested from the right.
Proof: If N is not a perfect power then N = a(x) for some x, and we are done. Otherwise, write N = a(x_1)^M for some M >=2, and repeat the process. QED
Of course, prime numbers also have distinct power towers (see A164336). (End)
These numbers can be computed with a modified Sieve of Eratosthenes: (1) start at n=2; (2) if n is not crossed out, then append n to the sequence and cross out all powers of n; (3) set n = n+1 and go to step 2. - Sam Alexander, Dec 15 2003
These are all numbers such that the multiplicities of the prime factors have no common divisor. The first number in the sequence whose prime multiplicities are not coprime is 180 = 2 * 2 * 3 * 3 * 5. Mathematica: CoprimeQ[2,2,1]->False. - Gus Wiseman, Jan 14 2017

			Example of the power tower factorizations for the first nine positive integers: 1=1, 2=a(1), 3=a(2), 4=a(1)^a(1), 5=a(3), 6=a(4), 7=a(5), 8=a(1)^a(2), 9=a(2)^a(1). - _Gus Wiseman_, Oct 20 2016

N. J. A. Sloane, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..9875
Joakim Munkhammar, The Riemann zeta function as a sum of geometric series, The Mathematical Gazette (2020) Vol. 104, Issue 561, 527-530.
N. J. A. Sloane, Maple programs for A007916, A278028, A278029, A052409, A089723, A277564
F. Smarandache, Only Problems, Not Solutions!, Xiquan Publ., Phoenix-Chicago, 1993
Index entries for sequences generated by sieves

Complement of A001597. Union of A052485 and A052486.
Cf. A144338, A277562, A277564, A075802.
Cf. A153158 (squares of these numbers).
See A277562, A277564, A277576, A277615 for more about the power towers.
A278029 is a left inverse.
Cf. A052409.

a007916 n = a007916_list !! (n-1)
a007916_list = filter ((== 1) . foldl1 gcd . a124010_row) [2..]
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Apr 13 2012

[n : n in [2..1000] | not IsPower(n) ];

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a = {}; Do[If[Apply[GCD, Transpose[FactorInteger[n]][[2]]] == 1, a = Append[a, n]], {n, 2, 200}];
Select[Range[2,200],GCD@@FactorInteger[#][[All,-1]]===1&] (* Michael De Vlieger, Oct 21 2016. Corrected by Gus Wiseman, Jan 14 2017 *)

is(n)=!ispower(n)&&n>1 \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Jul 01 2013

from sympy import mobius, integer_nthroot
def A007916(n):
    def f(x): return int(n+1-sum(mobius(k)*(integer_nthroot(x,k)[0]-1) for k in range(2,x.bit_length())))
    m, k = n, f(n)
    while m != k:
        m, k = k, f(k)
    return m # Chai Wah Wu, Aug 13 2024

A075802(a(n)) = 0. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Mar 19 2009
Gcd(exponents in prime factorization of a(n)) = 1, cf. A124010. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Apr 13 2012
a(n) ~ n. - Charles R Greathouse IV, Jul 01 2013
A052409(a(n)) = 1. - Ridouane Oudra, Nov 23 2024

More terms from Henry Bottomley, Sep 12 2000
Edited by Charles R Greathouse IV, Mar 18 2010
Further edited by N. J. A. Sloane, Nov 09 2016

A163511 a(0)=1. a(n) = p(A000120(n)) * Product_{m=1..A000120(n)} p(m)^A163510(n,m), where p(m) is the m-th prime.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 2, 4, 3, 8, 9, 6, 5, 16, 27, 18, 25, 12, 15, 10, 7, 32, 81, 54, 125, 36, 75, 50, 49, 24, 45, 30, 35, 20, 21, 14, 11, 64, 243, 162, 625, 108, 375, 250, 343, 72, 225, 150, 245, 100, 147, 98, 121, 48, 135, 90, 175, 60, 105, 70, 77, 40, 63, 42, 55, 28, 33, 22, 13, 128

Offset: 0

Leroy Quet, Jul 29 2009

This is a permutation of the positive integers.
From Antti Karttunen, Jun 20 2014: (Start)
Note the indexing: the domain starts from 0, while the range excludes zero, thus this is neither a bijection on the set of nonnegative integers nor on the set of positive natural numbers, but a bijection from the former set to the latter.
Apart from that discrepancy, this could be viewed as yet another "entanglement permutation" where the two complementary pairs to be interwoven together are even and odd numbers (A005843/A005408) which are entangled with the complementary pair even numbers (taken straight) and odd numbers in the order they appear in A003961: (A005843/A003961). See also A246375 which has almost the same recurrence.
Note how the even bisection halved gives the same sequence back. (For a(0)=1, take ceiling of 1/2).
(End)
From Antti Karttunen, Dec 30 2017: (Start)
This irregular table can be represented as a binary tree. Each child to the left is obtained by doubling the parent, and each child to the right is obtained by applying A003961 to the parent:
                                     1
                                     |
                  ...................2...................
                 4                                       3
       8......../ \........9                   6......../ \........5
      / \                 / \                 / \                 / \
     /   \               /   \               /   \               /   \
    /     \             /     \             /     \             /     \
  16       27         18       25         12       15         10       7
32  81   54  125    36  75   50  49     24  45   30  35     20  21   14 11
etc.
Sequence A005940 is obtained by scanning the same tree level by level in mirror image fashion. Also in binary trees A253563 and A253565 the terms on level of the tree are some permutation of the terms present on the level n of this tree. A252464(n) gives the distance of n from 1 in all these trees, and A252463 gives the parent of the node containing n.
A252737(n) gives the sum and A252738(n) the product of terms on row n (where 1 is on row 0, 1 on row 1, 3 and 4 on row 2, etc.). A252745(n) gives the number of nodes on level n whose left child is smaller than the right child, and A252744(n) is an indicator function for those nodes.
(End)
Note that the idea behind maps like this (and the mirror image A005940) admits also using alternative orderings of primes, not just standard magnitude-wise ordering (A000040). For example, A332214 is a similar sequence but with primes rearranged as in A332211, and A332817 is obtained when primes are rearranged as in A108546. - Antti Karttunen, Mar 11 2020
From Lorenzo Sauras Altuzarra, Nov 28 2020: (Start)
This sequence is generated from A228351 by applying the following procedure: 1) eliminate the compositions that end in one unless the first one, 2) subtract one unit from every component, 3) replace every tuple [t_1, ..., t_r] by Product_{k=1..r} A000040(k)^(t_k) (see the examples).
Is it true that a(n) = A337909(n+1) if and only if a(n+1) is not a term of A161992?
Does this permutation have any other cycle apart from (1), (2) and (6, 9, 16, 7)? (End)
From Antti Karttunen, Jul 25 2023: (Start)
(In the above question, it is assumed that the starting offset would be 1 instead of 0).
Questions:
Does a(n) = 1+A054429(n) hold only when n is of the form 2^k times 1, 3 or 7, i.e., one of the terms of A029748?
It seems that A007283 gives all fixed points of map n -> a(n), like A335431 seems to give all fixed points of map n -> A332214(n). Is there a general rule for mappings like these that the fixed points (if they exist) must be of the form 2^k times a certain kind of prime, i.e., that any odd composite (times 2^k) can certainly be excluded? See also note in A029747.
(End)
If the conjecture given in A364297 holds, then it implies the above conjecture about A007283. See also A364963. - Antti Karttunen, Sep 06 2023
Conjecture: a(n^k) is never of the form x^k, for any integers n > 0, k > 1, x >= 1. This holds at least for squares, cubes, seventh and eleventh powers (see A365808, A365801, A366287 and A366391). - Antti Karttunen, Sep 24 2023, Oct 10 2023.
See A365805 for why the above holds for any n^k, with k > 1. - Antti Karttunen, Nov 23 2023

			For n=3, whose binary representation is "11", we have A000120(3)=2, with A163510(3,1) = A163510(3,2) = 0, thus a(3) = p(2) * p(1)^0 * p(2)^0 = 3*1*1 = 3.
For n=9, "1001" in binary, we have A000120(9)=2, with A163510(9,1) = 0 and A163510(9,2) = 2, thus a(9) = p(2) * p(1)^0 * p(2)^2 = 3*1*9 = 27.
For n=10, "1010" in binary, we have A000120(10)=2, with A163510(10,1) = 1 and A163510(10,2) = 1, thus a(10) = p(2) * p(1)^1 * p(2)^1 = 3*2*3 = 18.
For n=15, "1111" in binary, we have A000120(15)=4, with A163510(15,1) = A163510(15,2) = A163510(15,3) = A163510(15,4) = 0, thus a(15) = p(4) * p(1)^0 * p(2)^0 * p(3)^0 * p(4)^0 = 7*1*1*1*1 = 7.
[1], [2], [1,1], [3], [1,2], [2,1] ... -> [1], [2], [3], [1,2], ... -> [0], [1], [2], [0,1], ... -> 2^0, 2^1, 2^2, 2^0*3^1, ... = 1, 2, 4, 3, ... - _Lorenzo Sauras Altuzarra_, Nov 28 2020

Inverse: A243071.
Cf. A000040, A000120, A000225, A000788, A003961, A007814, A054429, A055396, A064216, A135523, A161992, A163510, A245605, A245612, A246375, A246378, A246681, A161511, A228351, A243499, A243503, A243504, A269854, A280873, A285727, A290251, A293437, A337909.
Cf. A007283 (known positions where a(n)=n), A029747, A029748, A364255 [= gcd(n,a(n))], A364258 [= a(n)-n], A364287 (where a(n) < n), A364292 (where a(n) <= n), A364494 (where n|a(n)), A364496 (where a(n)|n), A364963, A364297.
Cf. A365808 (positions of squares), A365801 (of cubes), A365802 (of fifth powers), A365805 [= A052409(a(n))], A366287, A366391.
Cf. A005940, A332214, A332817, A366275 (variants).

f[n_] := Reverse@ Map[Ceiling[(Length@ # - 1)/2] &, DeleteCases[Split@ Join[Riffle[IntegerDigits[n, 2], 0], {0}], {k__} /; k == 1]]; {1}~Join~
Table[Function[t, Prime[t] Product[Prime[m]^(f[n][[m]]), {m, t}]][DigitCount[n, 2, 1]], {n, 120}] (* Michael De Vlieger, Jul 25 2016 *)

from sympy import prime
def A163511(n):
    if n:
        k, c, m = n, 0, 1
        while k:
            c += 1
            m *= prime(c)**(s:=(~k&k-1).bit_length())
            k >>= s+1
        return m*prime(c)
    return 1 # Chai Wah Wu, Jul 17 2023

For n >= 1, a(2n) is even, a(2n+1) is odd. a(2^k) = 2^(k+1), for all k >= 0.
From Antti Karttunen, Jun 20 2014: (Start)
a(0) = 1, a(1) = 2, a(2n) = 2*a(n), a(2n+1) = A003961(a(n)).
As a more general observation about the parity, we have:
For n >= 1, A007814(a(n)) = A135523(n) = A007814(n) + A209229(n). [This permutation preserves the 2-adic valuation of n, except when n is a power of two, in which cases that value is incremented by one.]
For n >= 1, A055396(a(n)) = A091090(n) = A007814(n+1) + 1 - A036987(n).
For n >= 1, a(A000225(n)) = A000040(n).
(End)
From Antti Karttunen, Oct 11 2014: (Start)
As a composition of related permutations:
a(n) = A005940(1+A054429(n)).
a(n) = A064216(A245612(n))
a(n) = A246681(A246378(n)).
Also, for all n >= 0, it holds that:
A161511(n) = A243503(a(n)).
A243499(n) = A243504(a(n)).
(End)
More linking identities from Antti Karttunen, Dec 30 2017: (Start)
A046523(a(n)) = A278531(n). [See also A286531.]
A278224(a(n)) = A285713(n). [Another filter-sequence.]
A048675(a(n)) = A135529(n) seems to hold for n >= 1.
A250245(a(n)) = A252755(n).
A252742(a(n)) = A252744(n).
A245611(a(n)) = A253891(n).
A249824(a(n)) = A275716(n).
A292263(a(n)) = A292264(n). [A292944(n) + A292264(n) = n.]
--
A292383(a(n)) = A292274(n).
A292385(a(n)) = A292271(n). [A292271(n) +  A292274(n) = n.]
--
A292941(a(n)) = A292942(n).
A292943(a(n)) = A292944(n).
A292945(a(n)) = A292946(n). [A292942(n) + A292944(n) + A292946(n) = n.]
--
A292253(a(n)) = A292254(n).
A292255(a(n)) = A292256(n). [A292944(n) + A292254(n) + A292256(n) = n.]
--
A279339(a(n)) = A279342(n).
a(A071574(n)) = A269847(n).
a(A279341(n)) = A279338(n).
a(A252756(n)) = A250246(n).
(1+A008836(a(n)))/2 = A059448(n).
(End)
From Antti Karttunen, Jul 26 2023: (Start)
For all n >= 0, a(A007283(n)) = A007283(n).
A001222(a(n)) = A290251(n).
(End)

More terms computed and examples added by Antti Karttunen, Jun 20 2014

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