A366066 a(n) is the largest positive integer k such that n can be expressed as the sum of k distinct positive integers that are coprime to each other.

0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6, 5, 6, 5, 6, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 7, 6, 7, 6, 7, 6, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 8, 7, 8, 7, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 9, 8, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9

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Author

Yifan Xie, Sep 28 2023

Keywords

• nonn
• easy

Comments

The indices at which k first appears, for k >= 0: 1, 3, 6, 11, 18, 29, 42, 59, 78 (A014284). Such n's are expressed as the sum of 1 and the first primes.

Runs with length >= 2 start at numbers k^2 - 1 (k >= 2).

If there are terms between runs of k and k+1, these two numbers occur alternately. Suppose that m is such a term that is b(m) terms after the first occurrence of k+1; if b(m) is odd, there are at least two even numbers in the expression of n as the sum of k+1 integers, which are not coprime to each other, so a(m) = k.

Examples

			For n = 11, 1+2+3+5=11; so a(11) = 4.
For n = 12, 1+4+7=12; so a(12) = 3.
		

Links

• Yifan Xie, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..9999

Crossrefs

Cf. A000040, A000290, A014284, A083375.

Programs

PARI

lista(nn) = v=[0]; f=[7, 12, 14, 19, 21, 23, 30, 32, 34, 43, 45, 47, 60, 62, 79]; for(n=1, nn, for(i=1, prime(n), v=concat(v, n))); for(n=1, 15, v[f[n]+1]=v[f[n]+1]-1); v;

Formula

a(n) = A083375(n) - 1 if and only if n = 7, 12, 14, 19, 21, 23, 30, 32, 34, 43, 45, 47, 60, 62, 79; otherwise, a(n) = A083375(n).