In mathematics, the prime signature of a number is the multiset of (nonzero) exponents of its prime factorization. The prime signature of a number having prime factorization is the multiset .

For example, all prime numbers have a prime signature of {1}, the squares of primes have a prime signature of {2}, the products of 2 distinct primes have a prime signature of {1,1} and the products of a square of a prime and a different prime (e.g. 12, 18, 20, ...) have a prime signature of {2,1}.

Properties

The divisor function τ(n), the Möbius function μ(n), the number of distinct prime divisors ω(n) of n, the number of prime divisors Ω(n) of n, the indicator function of the squarefree integers, and many other important functions in number theory, are functions of the prime signature of n.

In particular, τ(n) equals the product of the incremented by 1 exponents from the prime signature of n. For example, 20 has prime signature {2,1} and so the number of divisors is (2+1) × (1+1) = 6. Indeed, there are six divisors: 1, 2, 4, 5, 10 and 20.

The smallest number of each prime signature is a product of primorials. The first few are:

1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 30, 32, 36, 48, 60, 64, 72, 96, 120, 128, 144, 180, 192, 210, 216, ... (sequence A025487 in the OEIS).

A number cannot divide another unless its prime signature is included in the other numbers prime signature in the Young's lattice.

Numbers with same prime signature

SignatureNumbersOEIS IDDescription
1The number 1, as an empty product of primes
{1}2, 3, 5, 7, 11, ...A000040prime numbers
{2}4, 9, 25, 49, 121, ...A001248squares of prime numbers
{1,1}6, 10, 14, 15, 21, ...A006881two distinct prime divisors (square-free semiprimes)
{3}8, 27, 125, 343, ...A030078cubes of prime numbers
{2,1}12, 18, 20, 28, ...A054753squares of primes times another prime
{4}16, 81, 625, 2401, ...A030514fourth powers of prime numbers
{3,1}24, 40, 54, 56, ...A065036cubes of primes times another prime
{1,1,1}30, 42, 66, 70, ...A007304three distinct prime divisors (sphenic numbers)
{5}32, 243, 3125, ...A050997fifth powers of primes
{2,2}36, 100, 196, 225, ...A085986squares of square-free semiprimes

Sequences defined by their prime signature

Given a number with prime signature S, it is

See also

References

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