OFFSET
1,4
COMMENTS
A sequence is gapless if it covers an unbroken interval of positive integers. For example, the multiset {2,3,5,5,6,9} has three maximal gapless intervals: {2,3}, {5,5,6}, {9}.
A prime index of n is a number m such that prime(m) divides n. The multiset of prime indices of n is row n of A112798.
EXAMPLE
The prime indices of 700 are {1,1,3,3,4}, with maximal gapless submultisets {1,1}, {3,3,4}, so a(700) = 3.
The prime indices of 18564 are {1,1,2,4,6,7}, with maximal gapless submultisets {1,1,2}, {4}, {6,7}, so a(18564) = 3.
MATHEMATICA
primeMS[n_]:=If[n==1, {}, Flatten[Cases[FactorInteger[n], {p_, k_}:>Table[PrimePi[p], {k}]]]];
Table[If[n==1, 0, Max@@Length/@Split[primeMS[n], #1>=#2-1&]], {n, 100}]
CROSSREFS
Positions of first appearances are A000079.
The smallest instead of greatest size is A356227.
A001222 counts prime factors with multiplicity.
A003963 multiplies together the prime indices of n.
A356069 counts gapless divisors.
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Gus Wiseman, Aug 13 2022
STATUS
approved