A292413 a(n) is the smallest k such that sigma(sigma(k)) = sigma(sigma(k) - k) + n*k, or 0 if no such k exists.

4, 3, 14, 54, 1496, 42520, 177263760, 11712677760

Offset

1,1

Comments

For n <= 5, the values k <= 10^6 such that sigma(sigma(k)) = sigma(sigma(k) - k) + n*k are:

For n = 1; 4, 144, 16384.

For n = 2; 3, 7, 8, 31, 84, 127, 8191, 35743, 42048, 131071, 524287.

For n = 3; 14, 20, 372, 1081, 16246, 98292.

For n = 4; 54, 168, 308, 504, 994, 3870, 4994, 7800, 16488, 17360, 51995, 475664.

For n = 5; 1496, 1704, 14976, 21552, 379938, 854168.

a(10) = 16708685994, a(9) > 6*10^11. - Giovanni Resta, Sep 18 2017

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..8.

Prog

(PARI) a(n) = {my(k=2); while(sigma(sigma(k))-sigma(sigma(k)-k) != n*k, k++); k; }

Crossrefs

Cf. A000203, A051027, A272930, A291881.

Sequence in context: A334752 A197883 A222195 * A305255 A358281 A095332

Adjacent sequences: A292410 A292411 A292412 * A292414 A292415 A292416

Keyword

nonn,more

Author

Altug Alkan, Sep 16 2017

Extensions

a(8) from Giovanni Resta, Sep 18 2017

Status

approved