Biggest Prime-Factorization Exponent
Leroy Quet
qq-quet at mindspring.com
Thu Apr 15 23:51:24 CEST 2004
If m, a positive integer, equals
product{p=primes} p^a(p,m),
where the a(p,m)'s are nonnegative integers,
then let
A(m) = the largest of the a(p,m)'s, given an m.
{A(m)} is EIS sequence A051903:
http://www.research.att.com/projects/OEIS?Anum=A051903
Now, let {b(k)} be any sequence where the sums below converge absolutely
(just to be safe) for some range of r's.
Does, for those r's where the sum converges:
sum{j=2 to oo} b(A(j))/j^r
=
sum{k=1 to oo} sum{p=primes}
(b(k)/p^(kr))*
product{q=primes<p} ((1 -q^(-r(k+1)))/(1 -1/q^r)) *
product{q=primes>p} ((1 -q^(-rk))/(1 -1/q^r))
(which should also =)
zeta(r)*
sum{k=1 to oo} sum{p=primes}
(b(k)/p^(kr))*(1 -1/p^r)
product{q=primes<p} (1 -q^(-r(k+1))) *
product{q=primes>p} (1 -q^(-rk))
???
(So, for example, for each b(k) = 1, we have both sides equal to
zeta(r) - 1.)
thanks,
Leroy Quet
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