A304465 If n is prime, set a(n) = 1. Otherwise, start with the multiset of prime factors of n, and given a multiset take the multiset of its multiplicities. Repeating this until a multiset of size 1 is reached, set a(n) to the unique element of this multiset.

0, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 3, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 4, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 1, 3, 1, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 3, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 6, 2, 3, 1, 2, 2, 3, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 1, 2, 4, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 3, 1, 2, 3

Offset: 1

Author

Gus Wiseman, May 13 2018

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

a(1) = 0 by convention.

a(n) depends only on prime signature of n (cf. A025487). - Antti Karttunen, Nov 08 2018

Examples

			Starting with the multiset of prime factors of 2520 we have {2,2,2,3,3,5,7} -> {1,1,2,3} -> {1,1,2} -> {1,2} -> {1,1} -> {2}, so a(2520) = 2.
		

Links

• Antti Karttunen, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..16384
• Antti Karttunen, Data supplement: n, a(n) computed for n = 1..100000
• Index entries for sequences computed from exponents in factorization of n

Crossrefs

Cf. A000005, A001222, A001597, A005117, A007916, A055932, A056239, A112798, A181819, A182850, A182857, A275870, A296150, A303945, A304464.

Programs

Mathematica

Table[Switch[n,1,0,?PrimeQ,1,,NestWhile[Sort[Length/@Split[#]]&,Sort[Last/@FactorInteger[n]],Length[#]>1&]//First],{n,100}]

PARI

A181819(n) = factorback(apply(e->prime(e),(factor(n)[,2])));
A304465(n) = if(1==n,0,my(t=isprimepower(n)); if(t,t, t=omega(n); if(bigomega(n)==t),t,A304465(A181819(n)))); \\ Antti Karttunen, Nov 08 2018

Formula

a(p^n) = n where p is any prime number.

a(product of n distinct primes) = n.

a(1) = 0; and for n > 1, if n = prime^k, a(n) = k, otherwise, if n is squarefree [i.e., A001221(n) = A001222(n)], a(n) = A001221(n), otherwise a(n) = a(A181819(n)). - Antti Karttunen, Nov 08 2018

Extensions

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