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Number of distinct values of the sum {excess of d} + {the index of the largest prime factor of d} (that is, A046660(d) + A061395(d)) that occurs over all divisors d > 1 of n.

Number of distinct values A297112 obtains over the divisors > 1 of n; a(1) = 0.

a(p^k) = 1 for all primes p and all exponents k >= 0, because with prime powers there are k divisors larger than 1 and A297167 obtains a distinct value for each one of them.

a(n) is zero for all prime powers (A000961), but also for many other numbers.

An auxiliary sequence for defining A300827, which is the restricted growth sequence transform of this sequence. A324202 is a similar sequence, but is not limited to the proper divisors of n, and in contrast to this, also finds the least prime signature representative (A046523) of the product formed.

a(n) tells how many iterations of A252463 are needed before 1 is reached, i.e., the distance of n from 1 in binary trees like A005940 and A163511.

Similarly for A253553 in trees A253563 and A253565. - Antti Karttunen, Apr 14 2019

From Gus Wiseman, Apr 06 2019: (Start)

Also the number of squares in the Young diagram of the integer partition with Heinz number n that are graph-distance 1 from the lower-right boundary, where the Heinz number of an integer partition (y_1,...,y_k) is prime(y_1)*...*prime(y_k). For example, the partition (6,5,5,3) with Heinz number 7865 has diagram

o o o o o o

o o o o o

o o o o o

o o o

with inner rim

o

o

o o

o o o

of size 7, so a(7867) = 7.

(End)

Apart from primes, the sequence contains duplicate values at points p*q and p^3, where p*q are the product of two successive primes, with p < q (sequences A006094, A030078). Question: are there any other cases where a(x) = a(y), with x < y ?

The reason why this is not equal to A297169: Even though A297112 contains only powers of two after the initial zero, as A297112(n) = 2^A033265(A156552(d)) for n > 1, and A297168(n) is computed as Sum_{d|n, dA297112(d), still a single 1-bit in binary expansion of A297168(n) might be formed as a sum of several terms of A297112(d), i.e., could be born of carries.

From Antti Karttunen, Feb 28 2019: (Start)

A297168(n) = Sum_{d|n, dA297112(d) will not produce any carries (in base-2) if and only if n is a power of prime. Only in that case the number of summands (A000005(n)-1) is equal to the number of prime factors counted with multiplicity, A001222(n) = A000120(A156552(n)). (A notable subset of such numbers is A324201, numbers that are mapped to even perfect numbers by A156552). Precisely because there are so few points with duplicate values (apart from primes), this sequence is not particularly good for filtering other sequences, because the number of false positives is high. Any of the related sequences like A324203, A324196, A324197 or A324181 might work better in that respect. In any case, the following implications hold (see formula section of A324193 for the latter): (End)

For all i, j:

a(i) = a(j) => A297168(i) = A297168(j). (The same holds for A297169).

a(i) = a(j) => A324181(i) = A324181(j) => A324120(i) = A324120(j).