A323014 a(1) = 0; a(prime) = 1; otherwise a(n) = 1 + a(A181819(n)).

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

Offset: 1

Author

Gus Wiseman, Jan 02 2019

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

Except for n = 2, same as A182850. Unlike A182850, the terms of this sequence depend only on the prime signature (A101296, A118914) of the index.

Links

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

Crossrefs

Positions of 1's are the prime numbers A000040.

Positions of 2's are the proper prime powers A246547.

Positions of 3's are A182853.

Row lengths of A323023.

Cf. A001221, A001222, A046523, A056239, A070175, A071625, A101296, A112798, A118914, A181819, A181821, A182850, A182857, A304465, A323022.

Programs

Mathematica

dep[n_]:=If[n==1,0,If[PrimeQ[n],1,1+dep[Times@@Prime/@Last/@FactorInteger[n]]]];
Array[dep,100]

PARI

A181819(n) = factorback(apply(e->prime(e),(factor(n)[,2])));
A323014(n) = if(1==n,0,if(isprime(n),1, 1+A323014(A181819(n)))); \\ Antti Karttunen, Jun 10 2022

Formula

For all n >= 1, a(n) = a(A046523(n)). [See comment] - Antti Karttunen, Jun 10 2022

Extensions

Terms a(88) and beyond from Antti Karttunen, Jun 10 2022