A157986 Largest exponents of perfect powers (m^k where m is an integer and k >= 2) multiplied by -1 when base m is prime (m^k thus a prime power).
2, -2, -3, -2, -4, -2, -3, -5, 2, -2, -6, -4, 2, -2, -3, -7, 2, -2, 2, 3, 2, -5, -8, -2, 2, -3, -2, 2, 2, 2, -9, -2, 2, -4, 2, -6, 2, -2, 2, -2, 3, -10, 2, 2, 2, 4, -3, -2, 2, 2, 2, -2, 3, 2, -2, 2, 2, -11, 2, -7, -3, -2, 2, -4, 2, 2, 2, 3, -2, 2, 2, -5, 2, 2, 2, 3, -2, 2, -2, 2, 2, -12, 2, 2
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Keywords
Links
- Daniel Forgues, Table of n, a(n) for n=1..10000
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Formula
a(n) = {k}_n * (-1)^(Pi(m) - Pi(m-1)) where {k}_n is the exponent of {m^k}_n (the n-th perfect power with positive integer base m corresponding to largest integer exponent k) and Pi(m) is the prime counting function evaluated at m.