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A327969 The length of a shortest path from n to zero when using the transitions x -> A003415(x) and x -> A276086(x), or -1 if no zero can ever be reached from n.

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 1, 2, 2, 5, 2, 3, 2, 6, 4, 3, 2, 5, 2, 5, 6, 6, 2, 5, 2, 7, 4, 3, 2
Offset: 0

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Antti Karttunen, Oct 07 2019

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The terms of this sequence are currently known only up to n=23, with the value of a(24) still being uncertain. For the tentative values of the later terms, see sequence A328324 which gives upper bounds for these terms, many of which are very likely also exact values for them.
As A051903(A003415(n)) >= A051903(n)-1, it means that it takes always at least A051903(n) steps to a prime if iterating solely with A003415.
Some known values and upper bounds from n=24 onward:
a(24) <= 11.
a(25) = 4.
a(26) = 7.
a(27) <= 22.
a(33) = 4.
a(39) = 4.
a(40) = 5.
a(42) = 3.
a(44) <= 10.
a(45) = 5.
a(46) = 5.
a(48) = 9.
a(49) = 6.
a(50) = 6.
a(55) = 7.
a(74) = 5.
a(77) = 6.
a(80) <= 18.
a(111) = 6.
a(112) = 8.
a(125) <= 9.
a(240) = 7.
a(625) <= 10.
a(875) = 8.
From Antti Karttunen, Feb 20 2022: (Start)
a(2556) <= 20.
a(5005) <= 19.
What is the value of a(128), and is A328324(128) well-defined?
When I created this sequence, I conjectured that by applying two simple arithmetic operations "arithmetic derivative" (A003415) and "primorial base exp-function" (A276086) in some combination, and starting from any positive integer, we could always reach zero (via a prime and 1).
At the first sight it seems almost certain that the conjecture holds, as it is always possible at every step to choose from two options (which very rarely meet, see A351088), leading to an exponentially growing search tree, and also because A276086 always jumps out of any dead-end path with p^p-factors (dead-end from the arithmetic derivative's point of view). However, it should be realized that one can reach the terms of either A157037 or A327978 with a single step of A003415 only from squarefree numbers (or respectively, cubefree numbers that are not multiples of 4, see A328234), and in general, because A003415 decreases the maximal exponent of the prime factorization (A051903) at most by one, if the maximal exponent in the prime factorization of n is large, there is a correspondingly long path to traverse if we take only A003415-steps in the iteration, and any step could always lead with certain probability to a p^p-number. Note that the antiderivatives of primorials with a square factor seem quite rare, see A351029.
And although taking a A276086-step will always land us to a p^p-free number (which a priori is not in the obvious dead-end path of A003415, although of course it might eventually lead to one), it (in most cases) also increases the magnitude of number considerably, that tends to make the escape even harder. Particularly, in the majority of cases A276086 increases the maximal exponent (which in the preimage is A328114, "maximal digit value used when n is written in primorial base"), so there will be even a longer journey down to squarefree numbers when using A003415. See the sequences A351067 and A351071 for the diminishing ratios suggesting rapidly diminishing chances of successfully reaching zero from larger terms of A276086. Also, the asymptotic density of A276156 is zero, even though A351073 may contain a few larger values.
On the other hand, if we could prove that by (for example) continuing upwards with any p^p-path of A003415 we could eventually reach with a near certainty a region of numbers with low values of A328114 (i.e., numbers with smallish digits in primorial base, like A276156), then the situation might change (see also A351089). However, a few empirical runs seemed to indicate otherwise.
For all of the above reasons, I now conjecture that there are natural numbers from which it is not possible to reach zero with any combination of steps. For example 128 or 5^5 = 3125.
(End)

Examples

			Let -A> stand for an application of A003415 and -B> for an application of A276086, then, we have for example:
a(8) = 6 as we have 8 -A>  12 -B>  25 -A> 10 -A>  7 -A> 1 -A> 0, six transitions in total (and there are no shorter paths).
a(15) = 6 as we have 15 -B> 150 -A> 185 -A> 42 -A> 41 -A> 1 -A> 0, six transitions in total (and there are no shorter paths).
a(20) = 7, as 20 -B> 375 -A> 350 -A> 365 -A> 78 -A> 71 -A> 1 -A> 0, and there are no shorter paths.
For n=112, we know that a(112) cannot be larger than eight, as A328099^(8)(112) = 0, so we have a path of length 8 as 112 -A> 240 -B> 77 -A> 18 -A> 21 -A> 10 -A> 7 -A> 1 -A> 0. Checking all 32 combinations of the paths of lengths of 5 starting from 112 shows that none of them or their prefixes ends with a prime, thus there cannot be any shorter path, and indeed a(112) = 8.
a(24) <= 11 as A328099^(11)(24) = 0, i.e., we have 24 -A> 44 -A> 48 -A> 112 -A> 240 -B> 77 -A> 18 -A> 21 -A> 10 -A> 7 -A> 1 -A> 0. On the other hand, 24 -B> 625 -B> 17794411250 -A> 41620434625 -A> 58507928150 -A> 86090357185 -A> 54113940517 -A> 19982203325 -A> 12038411230 -A> 8426887871 -A> 1 -A> 0, thus offering another path of length 11.

Crossrefs

Cf. A003415, A046099, A051674, A051903, A068346, A276086, A276087, A327859, A327860, A328099, A328112, A328114, A328116, A328307.
Cf. A328324 (a sequence giving upper bounds, computed with restricted search space).
Sequences for whose terms k, value a(k) has a guaranteed constant upper bound: A000040, A002110, A143293, A157037, A192192, A327978, A328232, A328233, A328239, A328240, A328243, A328249, A328313.
Sequences for whose terms k, it is guaranteed that a(k) has finite value > 0, even if not bound by a constant: A099308, A328116.
Cf. also A256750, A327966, A328110, A351029, A351088, A351067, A351071, A351073, A351089 and A351255, A351256, A351257, A351258, A351261.

Programs

  • PARI
    A003415(n) = if(n<=1, 0, my(f=factor(n)); n*sum(i=1, #f~, f[i, 2]/f[i, 1]));
A276086(n) = { my(m=1, p=2); while(n, m *= (p^(n%p)); n = n\p; p = nextprime(1+p)); (m); };
A327969(n,searchlim=0) = if(!n,n,my(xs=Set([n]),newxs,a,b,u); for(k=1,oo, print("n=", n, " k=", k, " xs=", xs); newxs=Set([]); for(i=1,#xs,u = xs[i]; a = A003415(u); if(0==a, return(k)); if(isprime(a), return(k+2)); b = A276086(u); if(isprime(b), return(k+1+(u>2))); newxs = setunion([a],newxs); if(!searchlim || (b<=searchlim),newxs = setunion([b],newxs))); xs = newxs));

Formula

a(0) = 0, a(p^p) = 1 + a(A276086(p^p)) for primes p, and for other numbers, a(n) = 1+min(a(A003415(n)), a(A276086(n))).
a(p) = 2 for all primes p.
For all n, a(n) <= A328324(n).
Let A stand the transition x -> A003415(x), and B stand for x -> A276086(x). The following sequences give some constant upper limits, because it is guaranteed that the combination given in brackets (the leftmost A or B is applied first) will always lead to a prime:
For all n, a(A157037(n)) = 3. [A]
For n > 1, a(A002110(n)) = 3. [B]
For all n, a(A192192(n)) <= 4. [AA]
For all n, a(A327978(n)) = 4. [AB]
For all n, a(A328233(n)) <= 4. [BA]
For all n, a(A143293(n)) <= 4. [BB]
For all n, a(A328239(n)) <= 5. [AAA]
For all n, a(A328240(n)) <= 5. [BAA]
For all n, a(A328243(n)) <= 5. [ABB]
For all n, a(A328313(n)) <= 5. [BBB]
For all n, a(A328249(n)) <= 6. [BAAA]
For all k in A046099, a(k) >= 4, and if A328114(k) > 1, then certainly a(k) > 4.

A327978 Numbers whose arithmetic derivative (A003415) is a primorial number (A002110) > 1.

Original entry on oeis.org

9, 161, 209, 221, 2189, 2561, 3281, 3629, 5249, 5549, 6401, 7181, 7661, 8321, 8909, 9089, 9869, 10001, 10349, 10541, 10961, 11009, 11021, 29861, 38981, 52601, 66149, 84101, 93029, 97481, 132809, 150281, 158969, 163301, 197669, 214661, 227321, 235721, 285449, 321989, 338021, 357881, 369701, 381449, 385349, 416261, 420089, 442889
Offset: 1

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Antti Karttunen, Oct 09 2019

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Numbers n such that A327859(n) = A276086(A003415(n)) is an odd prime.
Composite terms in A328232.
Although it first might seem that the numbers whose arithmetic derivative is A002110(k) all appear before any of those whose arithmetic derivative is A002110(k+1), that is not true, as for example, we have a(56) = 570149, and A003415(570149) = 2310, a(57) = 570209, and A003415(570209) = 30030, but then a(58) = 573641 with A003415(573641) = 2310 again.
Because this is a subsequence of A327862 (all primorials > 1 are of the form 4k+2), only odd numbers are present.
Conjecture: No multiples of 5 occur in this sequence, and no multiples of 3 after the initial 9.
Of the first 10000 terms, all others are semiprimes (with 9 the only square one), except 1547371 = 7^2 * 23 * 1373 and 79332523 = 17^2 * 277 * 991, the latter being the only known term whose decimal expansion ends with 3. If all solutions were semiprimes p*q such that p+q = A002110(k) for some k > 1 (see A002375), it would be a sufficient reason for the above conjecture to hold. - David A. Corneth and Antti Karttunen, Oct 11 2019
In any case, the solutions have to be of the form "odd numbers with an even number of prime factors with multiplicity" (see A235992), and terms must also be cubefree (A004709), as otherwise the arithmetic derivative would not be squarefree.
Sequence A366890 gives the non-Goldbachian solutions, i.e., numbers that are not semiprimes. See also A368702. - Antti Karttunen, Jan 17 2024

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Cf. A002110, A002375, A002620, A003415, A024451, A143293, A157037, A276150, A327859, A327969, A328233, A328243.
Cf. A351029 (number of k for which k' = A002110(n)).
Cf. A368703, A368704 (the least and the greatest k for which k' = A002110(n)).
Cf. A366890 (terms that are not semiprimes), A368702 (numbers k such that k' is one of the terms of this sequence).
Subsequence of following sequences: A004709, A189553, A327862, A328232, A328234.

Programs

  • Mathematica
    ad[n_] := n * Total @ (Last[#]/First[#] & /@ FactorInteger[n]); primQ[n_] := Max[(f = FactorInteger[n])[[;;,2]]] == 1 && PrimePi[f[[-1,1]]] == Length[f]; Select[Range[10^4], primQ[ad[#]] &] (* Amiram Eldar, Oct 11 2019 *)
  • PARI
    A002620(n) = ((n^2)>>2);
A003415(n) = if(n<=1, 0, my(f=factor(n)); n*sum(i=1, #f~, f[i, 2]/f[i, 1]));
A276150(n) = { my(s=0, p=2, d); while(n, d = (n%p); s += d; n = (n-d)/p; p = nextprime(1+p)); (s); };
isA327978flat(n) = { my(u=A003415(n)); ((u>1)&&(1==A276150(u))); }; \\ Slow!
k=0; for(n=1,A002620(30030),if(isA327978flat(n), k++; write("b327978.txt", k, " ", n)));

Formula

A327969(a(n)) = 4 for all n.

A328233 Numbers n such that the arithmetic derivative of A276086(n) is prime.

Original entry on oeis.org

3, 7, 9, 33, 37, 38, 211, 213, 218, 241, 242, 246, 247, 249, 2313, 2317, 2319, 2341, 2342, 2346, 2521, 2523, 2526, 2529, 2550, 2553, 2559, 30031, 30038, 30039, 30061, 30062, 30063, 30066, 30069, 30242, 30243, 30249, 30270, 30278, 30279, 32341, 32342, 32347, 32370, 32373, 32377, 32379, 32551, 32553, 510513, 510518, 510519
Offset: 1

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Antti Karttunen, Oct 09 2019

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Numbers n for which A327860(n) = A003415(A276086(n)) is a prime.
Numbers n such that A276086(n) is in A157037.
Terms come in distinct "batches", where in each batch they are "slightly more" than the nearest primorial (A002110) below. This is explained by the fact that for A276086(n) to be a squarefree (which is the necessary condition for A157037), n's primorial base expansion (A049345) must not contain digits larger than 1. Thus this is a subsequence of A276156.
Numbers n such that A327860(A276086(n)) = A003415(A276087(n)) is a prime [A276087(n) is in A157037] are much rarer: 2, 4, 30, 212, 421, 30045, 510511, 512820, 9729723, ...
For all terms k in this sequence, A327969(k) <= 4, and particularly A327969(k) = 2 when k is a prime. Otherwise, when k is not a prime, but A003415(k) is, A327969(k) = 3, while for other cases (when k is neither prime nor in A157037), we have A327969(k) = 4.

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Cf. A002110, A003415, A051674, A157037, A276086, A327860, A327969, A327978, A328232, A328240.
Subsequence of A276156, of A328116, and of A328242.

Programs

  • PARI
    A327860(n) = { my(m=1, i=0, s=0, pr=1, nextpr); while((n>0), i=i+1; nextpr = prime(i)*pr; if((n%nextpr), my(e=((n%nextpr)/pr)); m *= (prime(i)^e); s += (e / prime(i)); n-=(n%nextpr)); pr=nextpr); (s*m); };
isA328233(n) = isprime(A327860(n));

A341518 Numbers k such that the primorial base representation of their arithmetic derivative does not contain digits larger than 1.

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 23, 28, 29, 30, 31, 37, 41, 43, 45, 47, 53, 58, 59, 61, 62, 67, 71, 73, 74, 79, 83, 87, 89, 97, 101, 103, 107, 108, 109, 112, 113, 127, 131, 136, 137, 139, 149, 151, 155, 157, 161, 163, 167, 173, 179, 181, 189, 191, 193, 197, 198, 199, 203, 209, 210, 211, 212, 217
Offset: 1

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Antti Karttunen, Feb 28 2021

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Numbers k for which A328390(k) <= 1, numbers k such that A003415(k) is in A276156.
Numbers k such that A327859(k) = A276086(A003415(k)) is squarefree.

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Cf. A003415, A005117, A049345, A276086, A276156, A327859, A328114, A328390.
Positions of nonzero terms in A341517.
Subsequences: A000040, A327978, A328232, A369647 (terms k where A051903(k) obtains novel values).
Cf. also A327969.

Programs

  • PARI
    A003415(n) = if(n<=1, 0, my(f=factor(n)); n*sum(i=1, #f~, f[i, 2]/f[i, 1]));
ismaxprimobasedigit_at_most(n,k) = { my(s=0, p=2); while(n, if((n%p)>k, return(0)); n = n\p; p = nextprime(1+p)); (1); };
isA341518(n) = ismaxprimobasedigit_at_most(A003415(n),1); \\ Antti Karttunen, Feb 03 2024

Formula

For all n > 2, A328390(a(n)) = A328114(A003415(a(n))) = 1.
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