use Prime::Factor; sub μ (Int \n) { return 0 if n %% 4 or n %% 9 or n %% 25 or n %% 49 or n %% 121; my @p = prime-factors(n); +@p == +@p.unique ?? +@p %% 2 ?? 1 !! -1 !! 0 } my @mertens = lazy [\+] flat '', 1, (2..*).hyper.map: -> \n { μ(n) }; put "Mertens sequence - First 199 terms:\n", @mertens[^200]».fmt('%3s').batch(20).join("\n"), "\n\nEquals zero ", +@mertens[1..1000].grep( !* ), ' times between 1 and 1000', "\n\nCrosses zero ", +@mertens[1..1000].kv.grep( {!$^v and @mertens[$^k]} ), " times between 1 and 1000\n\nFirst Mertens equal to:"; for 10, 20, 30 … 100 -> $threshold { printf "%4d: M(%d)\n", -$threshold, @mertens.first: * == -$threshold, :k; printf "%4d: M(%d)\n", $threshold, @mertens.first: * == $threshold, :k; }