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A363504
a(1) = 1, a(2) = 2; for n > 2, a(n) is the smallest positive number that has not yet appeared that is a multiple of prime(Omega(a(n-1))).
2
1, 2, 4, 3, 6, 9, 12, 5, 8, 10, 15, 18, 20, 25, 21, 24, 7, 14, 27, 30, 35, 33, 36, 28, 40, 42, 45, 50, 55, 39, 48, 11, 16, 49, 51, 54, 56, 63, 60, 70, 65, 57, 66, 75, 80, 22, 69, 72, 44, 85, 78, 90, 77, 81, 84, 91, 87, 93, 96, 13, 26, 99, 95, 102, 100, 98, 105, 110, 115, 108, 88, 112, 121, 111
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
The sequence is conjectured to be a permutation of the positive integers, although it takes many terms for the primes to appear, e.g., a(371221) = 61. After the first two terms the fixed points in the first 500000 terms are 10, 26076, 26151, 26223, 26307, 26379, 26406, although it is possible more exist.
LINKS
Scott R. Shannon, Image of the first 500000 terms. The green line is a(n) = n.
EXAMPLE
a(8) = 5 as prime(Omega(a(7))) = prime(A001222(12)) = prime(3) = 5, and 5 is the smallest unused number that is a multiple of 5.
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Scott R. Shannon, Jun 06 2023
STATUS
approved