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Meyers (see Guy reference) conjectures that for all r >= 1, the least odd number not in the set {a(i): i < prime(r)} is prime(r+1). - N. J. A. Sloane, Jan 08 2021

Meyers' conjecture would be refuted if and only if for some r there were such a large gap between prime(r) and prime(r+1) that there existed a composite c for which prime(r) < c < a(c) < prime(r+1), in which case (by Bertrand's postulate) c would necessarily be a term of A246281. - Antti Karttunen, Mar 29 2021

a(n) is odd for all n and for each odd m there exists a k with a(k) = m (see A064216). a(n) > n for n > 1: bijection between the odd and all numbers. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Sep 26 2001

a(n) and n have the same number of distinct primes with (A001222) and without multiplicity (A001221). - Michel Marcus, Jun 13 2014

From Antti Karttunen, Nov 01 2019: (Start)

More generally, a(n) has the same prime signature as n, A046523(a(n)) = A046523(n). Also A246277(a(n)) = A246277(n) and A287170(a(n)) = A287170(n).

Many permutations and other sequences that employ prime factorization of n to encode either polynomials, partitions (via Heinz numbers) or multisets in general can be easily defined by using this sequence as one of their constituent functions. See the last line in the Crossrefs section for examples.

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Define an "XOR difference triangle" for a sequence A by the following process. Start with A in the leftmost column. Generate the next column by performing the XOR operation between adjacent terms of the prior column. Repeat this process to generate the XOR difference triangle for A. Further, we define the "XOR BINOMIAL transform" of A as the main diagonal in the XOR difference triangle for A. The XOR BINOMIAL transform is its self-inverse. Let a sequence B be the XOR BINOMIAL transform of A, then we may express B by: B(n) = SumXOR_{k=0..n} A047999(n,k)*A(k), which is equivalent to: B(n) = (C(n,0)mod 2)*A(0) XOR (C(n,1)mod 2)*A(1) XOR (C(n,2)mod 2)*A(2) XOR ... XOR (X(n,n)mod 2)*A(n), where the coefficients are C(n,k)(mod 2) = A047999(n,k).

This sequence is a rearrangement of the numbers which are 2^k times distinct Fermat numbers (numbers of the form 2^(2^m) + 1). This matches the sizes of polygons constructible with compass and straightedge (A003401) up to 2^32+1, which is the first nonprime Fermat number. - Franklin T. Adams-Watters, Jun 16 2006

For any number n > 0, let f(n) be the polynomial in a single indeterminate x where the coefficient of x^e is the prime(1+e)-adic valuation of n (where prime(k) denotes the k-th prime); f establishes a bijection between the positive numbers and the polynomials in a single indeterminate x with nonnegative integer coefficients; let g be the inverse of f; T(n, k) = g(f(n) * f(k)).

This table has many similarities with A248601.

For any n > 0 and m > 0, f(n * m) = f(n) + f(m).

Also, f(1) = 0 and f(2) = 1.

The function f can be naturally extended to the set of positive rational numbers: if r = u/v (not necessarily in reduced form), then f(r) = f(u) - f(v); as such, f is a homomorphism from the multiplicative group of positive rational numbers to the additive group of polynomials of a single indeterminate x with integer coefficients.

See A297473 for the main diagonal of T.

As a binary operation, T(.,.) is related to A306697(.,.) and A329329(.,.). When their operands are terms of A050376 (sometimes called Fermi-Dirac primes) the three operations give the same result. However the rest of the multiplication table for T(.,.) can be derived from these results because T(.,.) distributes over integer multiplication (A003991), whereas for A306697 and A329329, the equivalent derivation uses distribution over A059896(.,.) and A059897(.,.) respectively. - Peter Munn, Mar 25 2020

From Peter Munn, Jun 16 2021: (Start)

The operation defined by this sequence can be extended to be the multiplicative operator of a ring over the positive rationals that is isomorphic to the polynomial ring Z[x]. The extended function f (described in the author's original comments) is the isomorphism we use, and it has the same relationship with the extended operation that exists between their unextended equivalents.

Denoting this extension of T(.,.) as t_Q(.,.), we get t_Q(n, 1/k) = t_Q(1/n, k) = 1/T(n, k) and t_Q(1/n, 1/k) = T(n, k) for positive integers n and k. The result for other rationals is derived from the distributive property: t_Q(q, r*s) = t_Q(q, r) * t_Q(q, s); t_Q(q*r, s) = t_Q(q, s) * t_Q(r, s). This may look unusual because standard multiplication of rational numbers takes on the role of the ring's additive group.

There are many OEIS sequences that can be shown to be a list of the integers in an ideal of this ring. See the cross-references.

There are some completely additive sequences that similarly define by extension completely additive functions on the positive rationals that can be shown to be homomorphisms from this ring onto the integer ring Z, and these functions relate to some of the ideals. For example, the extended function of A048675, denoted A048675_Q, maps i/j to A048675(i) - A048675(j) for positive integers i and j. For any positive integer k, the set {r rational > 0 : k divides A048675_Q(r)} forms an ideal of the ring; for k=2 and k=3 the integers in this ideal are listed in A003159 and A332820 respectively.

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n-th power of x+1 using the encoding of polynomials defined in A206284 and A297845. - Peter Munn, Jul 20 2022

The first column of the array is given by A123098; subsequent columns are obtained by applying the function A003961, i.e., replacing each prime factor by the next larger prime. - M. F. Hasler, Sep 17 2016

Interpretation with respect to A329329 from Peter Munn, Feb 08 2020: (Start)

With respect to the ring defined by A329329 and A059897, the first row gives powers of 3, the first column gives powers of 6, both in order of increasing exponent, and the body of the table gives their products. A329049 is the equivalent table in which the first column gives powers of 4.

A099884 is the equivalent table for the ring defined by A048720 and A003987. That ring is an image of the polynomial ring GF(2)[x] using a standard representation of the polynomials as integers. A329329 describes a comparable mapping to integers from the related polynomial ring GF(2)[x,y].

Using these mappings, the tables here and in A099884 are matching images: the first row represents powers of x, the first column represents powers of (x+1) and the body of the table gives their products.

Hugo van der Sanden's formula (see formula section) indicates that A019565 provides a mapping from A099884. In the wider terms described above, A019565 is an injective homomorphism between images of the 2 polynomial rings, and maps the image of each GF(2)[x] polynomial to the image of the equivalent GF(2)[x,y] polynomial.

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This sequence is a variant of A035312, based on products instead of sums.

The value 1 cannot appear (as it would imply a duplicate term).

We can always start a new row with a prime number that does not divide prior terms, so the sequence is well defined.

Will every integer > 1 appear in the sequence?