A246370 a(1)=0, a(p_n) = 1 + a(n), a(c_n) = a(n), where p_n = n-th prime = A000040(n), c_n = n-th composite number = A002808(n); Also number of nonleading 0-bits in the binary representation of A135141(n).

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

Offset: 1

Author

Antti Karttunen, Aug 27 2014

Keywords

• nonn

Examples

			Consider n=30. It is the 19th composite number in A002808: 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, ...
Thus we consider next n=19, which is the 8th prime in A000040: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, ...
So we proceed with n=8, which is the 3rd composite number, and then with n=3, which is the 2nd prime, and then with n=2 which is the 1st prime, and we have finished.
All in all, it took us 5 steps (A246348(30) = 6 = 5+1) to reach 1, and on the journey, we encountered three primes, 19, 3 and 2, thus a(30) = 3.
		

Links

• Antti Karttunen, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..32998

Crossrefs

Cf. A000040, A002808, A000720, A065855, A080791, A135141, A246348, A246369, A246377.

Formula

a(1) = 1, and for n >= 1, if A010051(n) = 1 [i.e. when n is prime], a(n) = 1 + a(A000720(n)), otherwise a(n) = a(A065855(n)). [A000720(n) and A065855(n) tell the number of primes, and respectively, composites <= n].

a(n) = A080791(A135141(n)). [a(n) tells also the number of nonleading zeros in binary representation of A135141(n)].

a(n) = A000120(A246377(n))-1. [Respectively, one less than the number of 1-bits in 0/1-swapped version of that sequence].

a(n) = A246348(n) - A246369(n) - 1.