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Ply(x) for any non-negative integer x is defined as follows:

Ply(0) = 0

Ply(x+1) is the smallest positive integer greater than Ply(x) such that li(Ply(x+1))-Ply(x+1))>0 and li(Ply(x+1)+1)-Ply(x+1)+1)<0 where x) is the prime counting function of x and li(x) is the logarithmic integral of x.

The name is a combination of "pi" and "li".

The -ply suffix can mean the Ply function of the original number, so Googolply = Ply(10^100) for example

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