simple_prog.sf

#!/usr/bin/ruby

# Index of smallest repunit having exactly n prime factors (counted with multiplicity).
# https://oeis.org/A046421

# Known terms:
#   1, 2, 3, 13, 8, 6, 15, 12, 28, 18, 24, 32, 36, 30, 54, 42, 78, 100, 72, 176, 60, 208, 84, 132, 160, 198, 120, 204, 216, 308, 168, 280, 306, 180, 210, 264, 270, 252, 378, 336, 300

# Lower-bounds:
#   a(41) >= 377

# Conjecture:
#   a(41) >= 431
#   a(49) >= 961

# Upper-bounds:
#   a(41) <= 684
#   a(42) <= 546
#   a(43) <= 528
#   a(44) <= 462
#   a(45) = 360
#   a(46) <= 576
#   a(47) <= 624
#   a(48) <= 768

include("../../../factordb/auto.sf")

func a(n, from=1) {

    for k in (from..Inf) {

        say "Checking: #{k}"

        var t = (10**k - 1)/9
        var f = factordb(t)

        if (f.all_prime) {
            f.len == n && return k
            next
        }

        var cf = f.grep{.is_composite}
        var pf = f.grep{.is_prime}

        if ((2*cf.len + pf.len) > n) {
            next
        }

        var rem  = cf.prod
        #var gkpf = pf.max
        var gkpf = max(pf.max\\0, 10**20)

        if (defined(gkpf)) {
            rem >= (gkpf**(n - pf.len)) || next
        }

        say ":: Slow check: #{k}"
        if (t.is_almost_prime(n)) {
            return k
        }
    }
}

say a(49, 322)