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Let a(n) be the least inverse of the Smarandache function, that is, the least positive int...

Let a(n) be the least inverse of the Smarandache function, that is, the least positive integer for m for which S(m) = n. In other words. a(n) is the position of the first occurrence of the integer n in the sequence S(1), S(2), … , S(k),….

Show that a(p) = p whenever p is prime.

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