decompwlj 3D

12-almost primes (generalization of semiprimes)

A069273 on the OEIS · family multiplicative

Weight–level plate of 12-almost primes (generalization of semiprimes)
Click the plate to explore it in 3-D. Weight k across, level L up, both on log scales: blue in the weight class (k ≤ L), orange in the level class (k > L). The dashed diagonal is k = L.
Open in the 3-D viewerA069273 on the OEIS
Terms100,000 (n = 1 … 100,000)
Decomposable (a > 2d)99,998
Level class, k > L23,334 · 23.33 %
Weight class, k ≤ L76,664 · 76.67 %
Ties, k = L3
On the level line L = 136
Forced level, l ≤ d²1,466
Range of a(n)4,096 … 76,212,000
Range of the jump d1 … 7,704
Largest weight k, level L76,192,643, 17,597,695

1,916 different gaps occur, from 1 to 7,704; the level share is 23.33 %; 1.5 % of terms are forced level (l <= d^2).

The decomposition

Every term of a strictly increasing sequence is written a(n) = k(n)·L(n) + d(n): the jump d = a(n+1) − a(n), the weight k the least divisor of a − d greater than d, the level L = (a − d)/k. A term decomposes when a > 2d; it is in the level class when k > L and in the weight class when k ≤ L. See decompwlj.com and arXiv:0711.0865, or how it works, with worked examples and a live one.