A088609 a(1) = 1, a(n) is the smallest squarefree number not included earlier if n is not squarefree, else n is the smallest nonsquarefree number.

1, 4, 8, 2, 9, 12, 16, 3, 5, 18, 20, 6, 24, 25, 27, 7, 28, 10, 32, 11, 36, 40, 44, 13, 14, 45, 15, 17, 48, 49, 50, 19, 52, 54, 56, 21, 60, 63, 64, 22, 68, 72, 75, 23, 26, 76, 80, 29, 30, 31, 81, 33, 84, 34, 88, 35, 90, 92, 96, 37, 98, 99, 38, 39, 100, 104, 108, 41, 112, 116

Offset: 1

Author

Amarnath Murthy, Oct 16 2003

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

From Antti Karttunen, Jun 04 2014: (Start)

This is a self-inverse permutation (involution) of natural numbers.

After 1, nonsquarefree numbers occur (in monotonic order) at the positions given by squarefree numbers, A005117, and squarefree numbers occur (in monotonic order) at the positions given by their complement, nonsquarefree numbers, A013929.

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Links

• Antti Karttunen, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10001
• Index entries for sequences that are permutations of the natural numbers

Crossrefs

Cf. A026239, A088610-A243352, A243347.

Formula

From Antti Karttunen, Jun 04 2014: (Start)

a(1), and for n>1, if mu(n) = 0, a(n) = A005117(1+A057627(n)), otherwise, a(n) = A013929(A013928(n)). [Here mu is Moebius mu-function, A008683, which is zero only when n is a nonsquarefree number, one of the numbers in A013929].

For all n > 1, A008966(a(n)) = 1 - A008966(n), or equally, mu(a(n)) + 1 = mu(n) modulo 2. [A property shared with A243347].

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Extensions

More terms from Ray Chandler, Oct 18 2003