A308970 Smallest prime factor of A001008(n), numerator of n-th harmonic number; a(1) = 1.
1, 3, 11, 5, 137, 7, 3, 761, 7129, 11, 97, 13, 29, 1049, 29, 17, 37, 19, 37, 5, 18858053, 3, 761, 5, 109, 34395742267, 521, 29, 43, 31, 109, 2917, 269, 3583, 397, 37, 10839223, 199, 737281, 41, 85691034670497533, 7, 140473, 109, 1553, 47, 911, 7, 23982193, 61, 227, 53, 941, 5953
Offset: 1
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Examples
n | A001008(n) written as product of primes -----+------------------------------------------ 1 | 1 (empty product) 2 | 3 3 | 11 4 | 5 * 5 5 | 137 6 | 7 * 7 7 | 3 * 11 * 11 8 | 761 9 | 7129 10 | 11 * 11 * 61 11 | 97 * 863 12 | 13 * 13 * 509 13 | 29 * 43 * 919 14 | 1049 * 1117 15 | 29 * 41233 16 | 17 * 17 * 8431 17 | 37 * 1138979 18 | 19 * 19 * 39541 19 | 37 * 7440427 20 | 5 * 11167027 etc., therefore this sequence = 1, 3, 11, 5, 137, 7, 3, 761, ...
Links
- Chai Wah Wu, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..325
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Programs
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Mathematica
FactorInteger[#][[1,1]]&/@Numerator[HarmonicNumber[Range[60]]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jul 02 2025 *)
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PARI
row(n)={if(n>1, factor(A001008(n))[1,1], 1)}
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