A054576 - OEIS

A054576

Largest proper factor of the largest proper factor of n.

1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 3, 1, 5, 1, 1, 1, 6, 1, 1, 3, 7, 1, 5, 1, 8, 1, 1, 1, 9, 1, 1, 1, 10, 1, 7, 1, 11, 5, 1, 1, 12, 1, 5, 1, 13, 1, 9, 1, 14, 1, 1, 1, 15, 1, 1, 7, 16, 1, 11, 1, 17, 1, 7, 1, 18, 1, 1, 5, 19, 1, 13, 1, 20, 9, 1, 1, 21, 1, 1, 1, 22, 1, 15, 1, 23, 1, 1, 1, 24

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OFFSET

1,8

COMMENTS

Here a "proper factor of n" means 1 if n = 1, and otherwise any d that divides n with 1 <= d < n. - N. J. A. Sloane, Dec 26 2022

LINKS

Reinhard Zumkeller, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000

FORMULA

a(n) = A053598(A053598(n))

a(n) = A032742(A032742(n)); A117357(n) = A020639(a(n)); A117358(n) = A032742(a(n)) = a(n) / A117357(n); a(A037143(n)) = 1, a(A033942(n)) > 1. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Mar 10 2006

EXAMPLE

The largest proper factor of 8 is 4, the largest proper factor of 4 is 2, so a(8) = 2. - N. J. A. Sloane, Dec 26 2022