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The 223rd zero in this sequence occurs at n=1078 (a(1078) = 0, 1078 = 2*7*7*11) and it is the first zero that is not included in A241912.

A pseudo-logarithmic function in the sense that a(b*c) = a(b)+a(c) and so a(b^c) = c*a(b) and f(n) = k^a(n) is a multiplicative function. [Cf. A248692 for example.] Essentially a function from the positive integers onto the partitions of the nonnegative integers (1->0, 2->1, 3->2, 4->1+1, 5->3, 6->1+2, etc.) so each value a(n) appears A000041(a(n)) times, first with the a(n)-th prime and last with the a(n)-th power of 2. Produces triangular numbers from primorials. - Henry Bottomley, Nov 22 2001

Michael Nyvang writes (May 08 2006) that the Danish composer Karl Aage Rasmussen discovered this sequence in the 1990's: it has excellent musical properties.

All A000041(a(n)) different n's with the same value a(n) are listed in row a(n) of triangle A215366. - Alois P. Heinz, Aug 09 2012

a(n) is the sum 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_{j=1..r} (p_j-th prime) (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(33) = 7 because the partition with Heinz number 33 = 3 * 11 is [2,5]. - Emeric Deutsch, May 19 2015

Factor n; replace each prime(i) with i, take the conjugate partition, replace parts i with prime(i) and multiply out.

From Antti Karttunen, May 12-19 2014: (Start)

For all n >= 1, A001222(a(n)) = A061395(n), and vice versa, A061395(a(n)) = A001222(n).

Because the partition conjugation doesn't change the partition's total sum, this permutation preserves A056239, i.e., A056239(a(n)) = A056239(n) for all n.

(Similarly, for all n, A001221(a(n)) = A001221(n), because the number of steps in the Ferrers/Young-diagram stays invariant under the conjugation. - Note added Apr 29 2022).

Because this permutation commutes with A241909, in other words, as a(A241909(n)) = A241909(a(n)) for all n, from which follows, because both permutations are self-inverse, that a(n) = A241909(a(A241909(n))), it means that this is also induced when partitions are conjugated in the partition enumeration system A241918. (Not only in A112798.)

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From Antti Karttunen, Jul 31 2014: (Start)

Rows in arrays A243060 and A243070 converge towards this sequence, and also, assuming no surprises at the rate of that convergence, this sequence occurs also as the central diagonal of both.

Each even number is mapped to a unique term of A102750 and vice versa.

Conversely, each odd number (larger than 1) is mapped to a unique term of A070003, and vice versa. The permutation pair A243287-A243288 has the same property. This is also used to induce the permutations A244981-A244984.

Taking the odd bisection and dividing out the largest prime factor results in the permutation A243505.

Shares with A245613 the property that each term of A028260 is mapped to a unique term of A244990 and each term of A026424 is mapped to a unique term of A244991.

Conversely, with A245614 (the inverse of above), shares the property that each term of A244990 is mapped to a unique term of A028260 and each term of A244991 is mapped to a unique term of A026424.

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The Maple program follows the steps described in the first comment. The subprogram C yields the conjugate partition of a given partition. - Emeric Deutsch, May 09 2015

The Heinz number of the partition that is conjugate to the partition with Heinz number n. The Heinz number of a partition p = [p_1, p_2, ..., p_r] is defined as Product(p_j-th prime, j=1...r). Example: a(3) = 4. Indeed, the partition with Heinz number 3 is [2]; its conjugate is [1,1] having Heinz number 4. - Emeric Deutsch, May 19 2015

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).

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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.

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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.

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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 other numbers than the powers of 2 (that are fixed), this permutation reverses the sequence of exponents in the prime factorization of n from the exponent of 2 to that of the largest prime factor, except that the exponents of 2 and the greatest prime factor present are adjusted by one. Note that some of the exponents might be zeros.

Self-inverse permutation of natural numbers, composition of A122111 & A241909 in either order: a(n) = A122111(A241909(n)) = A241909(A122111(n)).

This permutation preserves both bigomega and the (index of) largest prime factor: for all n it holds that A001222(a(n)) = A001222(n) and A006530(a(n)) = A006530(n) [equally: A061395(a(n)) = A061395(n)].

From the above it follows, that this fixes both primes (A000040) and powers of two (A000079), among other numbers.

Even positions from n=4 onward contain only terms of A070003, and the odd positions only the terms of A102750, apart from 1 which is at a(1), and 2 which is at a(2).

Row (partition) sums of A125106.

a(n) is also the weight (= sum of parts) of the integer partition having viabin number n. The viabin number of an integer partition is defined in the following way. Consider the southeast border of the Ferrers board of the integer partition and consider the binary number obtained by replacing each east step with 1 and each north step, except the last one, with 0. The corresponding decimal form is, by definition, the viabin number of the given integer partition. "Viabin" is coined from "via binary". For example, consider the integer partition [2,2,2,1]. The southeast border of its Ferrers board yields 10100, leading to the viabin number 20. - Emeric Deutsch, Jul 24 2017

Like A129594 this sequence utilizes the fact that compositions (i.e., ordered partitions) can be bijectively mapped to (unordered) partitions by taking the partial sums of the list of composants after one has been subtracted from each except the first one. Compositions in turn are mapped to nonnegative integers via the runlength encoding, where the lengths of maximum runs of 0's or 1's in binary representation of n give the composants. See the OEIS Wiki page and the example below.

Each n occurs A000041(n) times in total and occurs for the first time at A227368(n) and for the last time at position A000225(n). See further comments and conjectures at A227368 and A227370.

In "Bulgarian solitaire" a deck of cards or another finite set of objects is divided into one or more piles, and the "Bulgarian operation" is performed by taking one card from each pile, and making a new pile of them, which is added to the remaining set of piles. Essentially, this operation is a function whose domain and range are unordered integer partitions (cf. A000041) and which preserves the total size of a partition (the sum of its parts). This sequence is induced when the operation is implemented on the partitions as ordered by the list A241918.

The array is read by antidiagonals: A(0,0), A(0,1), A(1,0), A(0,2), A(1,1), A(2,0), ... .

Each row is a A241909-conjugate of the corresponding row in A243070.

Rows in both arrays converge towards A122111.

First point where row k differs from row k of A243070 seems to be A000040(k+2): primes from five onward: 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, ...

While the first point where row k differs from A122111 seems to begin as 6, 12, 24, 48, 96, 192, 384, 768, 1536, 3072, ... A007283 (3*2^n) from the term n=1 onward.

The rows in this table preserve A243503.