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These are the "first differences" between permutations of array A249821, in a sense that by composing the first k rows of this array [from left to right, as in a(n) = row_1(row_2(...(row_k(n))))], one obtains row k+1 of A249821.

On row n, the first A250473(n) terms are fixed, and the first non-fixed term comes at A250474(n).

These are the "first differences" between permutations of array A249822, in a sense that by composing the first k rows of this array [from right to left, as in a(n) = row_k(...(row_2(row_1(n))))], one obtains row k+1 of A249822.

On row n the first non-fixed term is A250474(n+1) at position A250474(n), i.e., on row 1 it is 5 at n=4, on row 2 it is 9 at n=5, on row 3 it is 14 at n=9, etc. All the previous A250473(n) terms are fixed.

Inverse of sequence A064216 considered as a permutation of the positive integers. - Howard A. Landman, Sep 25 2001

From Antti Karttunen, Dec 20 2014: (Start)

Permutation of natural numbers obtained by replacing each prime divisor of n with the next prime and mapping the generated odd numbers back to all natural numbers by adding one and then halving.

Note: there is a 7-cycle almost right in the beginning: (6 8 14 17 10 11 7). (See also comments at A249821. This 7-cycle is endlessly copied in permutations like A250249/A250250.)

The only 3-cycle in range 1 .. 402653184 is (2821 3460 5639).

For 1- and 2-cycles, see A245449.

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The first 5-cycle is (1410, 2783, 2451, 2703, 2803). - Robert Israel, Jan 15 2015

From Michel Marcus, Aug 09 2020: (Start)

(5194, 5356, 6149, 8186, 10709), (46048, 51339, 87915, 102673, 137205) and (175811, 200924, 226175, 246397, 267838) are other 5-cycles.

(10242, 20479, 21413, 29245, 30275, 40354, 48241) is another 7-cycle. (End)

From Antti Karttunen, Feb 10 2021: (Start)

Somewhat artificially, also this permutation can be represented as a binary tree. Each child to the left is obtained by multiplying the parent by 3 and subtracting one, while each child to the right is obtained by applying A253888 to the parent:

1

|

................../ \..................

2 3

5......../ \........4 8......../ \........6

/ \ / \ / \ / \

/ \ / \ / \ / \

/ \ / \ / \ / \

14 13 11 7 23 9 17 18

41 10 38 12 32 28 20 15 68 25 26 63 50 16 53 19

etc.

Each node's (> 1) parent can be obtained with A253889. Sequences A292243, A292244, A292245 and A292246 are constructed from the residues (mod 3) of the vertices encountered on the path from n to the root (1).

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The array is read by antidiagonals: A(1,1), A(1,2), A(2,1), A(1,3), A(2,2), A(3,1), etc.

This array can be obtained by taking every second column from array A242378, starting from its column 2.

Permutation of natural numbers larger than 1.

The terms on row n are all divisible by n-th prime, A000040(n).

Each column is strictly growing, and the terms in the same column have the same prime signature.

A055396(n) gives the row number of row where n occurs,

and A246277(n) gives its column number, both starting from 1.

From Antti Karttunen, Jan 03 2015: (Start)

A252759(n) gives their sum minus one, i.e. the Manhattan distance of n from the top left corner.

If we assume here that a(1) = 1 (but which is not explicitly included because outside of the array), then A252752 gives the inverse permutation. See also A246276.

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a(n) tells which number in square array A246278 is at the same position where n is in array A083221, the sieve of Eratosthenes. As both arrays have even numbers as their topmost row and primes as their leftmost column, both sequences are among the fixed points of this permutation.

Equally: a(n) tells which number in array A246279 is at the same position where n is in the array A083140, as they are the transposes of above two arrays.

Permutation A249817 preserves the smallest prime factor of n, i.e., A055396(A249817(n)) = A055396(n), in other words, keeps all the terms that appear on any row of A246278 on the same row of A083221. Permutations in this table are induced by changes that A249817 does onto each row of the latter table, thus permutation on row r of this table can be used to sort row r of A246278 into ascending order. I.e., A246278(r, A(r,c)) = A083221(r,c) [the corresponding row in the Sieve of Eratosthenes, where each row appears in monotone order].

The multi-set of cycle-sizes of permutation A249817 is a disjoint union of cycle-sizes of all permutations in this array. For example, A249817 has a 7-cycle (33 39 63 57 99 81 45) which originates from the 7-cycle (6 7 11 10 17 14 8) of A064216, which occurs as the second row in this table.

On each row, 4 is the first composite number (and the first term less than previous, apart from row 1), and on row n it occurs in position A250474(n). This follows because A001222(A246277(n)) = A001222(n)-1 and because on each row of A083221 (see A083140) all terms between the square of prime (second term on each row) and the first cube (of the same prime, this cube mapping in this array to 4) are nonsquare semiprimes (A006881), this implies that the corresponding terms in this array must be primes.

Also, as the smaller prime factor of the terms on row n of A083221 is constant, A020639(n), and for all i < j: A246277(p_{i} * p_{j}) < A246277(p_i * p_{j+1}), the primes on any row appear in monotone order.

Position of the first composite number (which is always 4) on row n of A249821. The fourth column of A249822.

Position of the first nonfixed term on row n of arrays of permutations A251721 and A251722.

According to the definition, this is the number of multiples of prime(n) below prime(n)^3 (and thus, the number of numbers below prime(n)^2) which do not have a smaller factor than prime(n). That is, the numbers remaining below prime(n)^2 after deleting all multiples of primes less than prime(n), as is done by applying the first n-1 steps of the sieve of Eratosthenes (when the first step is elimination of multiples of 2). This explains that the first differences are a(n+1)-a(n) = A050216(n)-1 for n>1, and a(n) = A054272(n)+2. - M. F. Hasler, Dec 31 2014

a(n) tells how many columns off A003961(n) is from the column where n is in square array A083221 (Cf. A083140, the sieve of Eratosthenes. The column index of n in that table is given by A078898(n)).

a(n) = Position of 6 on row n of array A249821. This is always larger than A250474(n), the position of 4 on row n, as 4 is guaranteed to be the first composite term on each row of A249821.

From Antti Karttunen, Mar 29 2015: (Start)

a(n) = 1 + number of positive integers <= (prime(n)*prime(n+1)) whose smallest prime factor is at least prime(n).

That a(n) > A250474(n) can also be seen by realizing that prime(n) must occur at least as many times as the smallest prime factor for the numbers in range 1 .. (prime(n)^2 * prime(n+1)) than for numbers in (smaller) range 1 .. (prime(n)^3), and also by realizing that a(n) cannot be equal to A250474(n) because each row of A249822 is a permutation of natural numbers.

Or more simply, by considering the comment given in A256447 which follows from the new interpretation given above.

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