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A005153 Practical numbers: numbers n such that every k <= sigma(n) is a sum of distinct divisors of n. Also called panarithmic numbers.
(Formerly M0991)
16
1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 18, 20, 24, 28, 30, 32, 36, 40, 42, 48, 54, 56, 60, 64, 66, 72, 78, 80, 84, 88, 90, 96, 100, 104, 108, 112, 120, 126, 128, 132, 140, 144, 150, 156, 160, 162, 168, 176, 180, 192, 196, 198, 200, 204, 208, 210, 216, 220, 224, 228, 234, 240, 252 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,2

COMMENTS

Equivalently, numbers n such that every number k <= n is a sum of distinct divisors of n.

2^r is a member for all r as every number < = sigma(2^r) = 2^(r+1)-1 is a sum of a distinct subset of divisors {1,2,2^2,...2^n}. - Amarnath Murthy (amarnath_murthy(AT)yahoo.com), Apr 23 2004

Also, numbers n such that A030057(n) > n. This is a consequence of the following theorem (due to Stewart), found at the McLeman link: An integer m >= 2 with factorization Product_{i=1}^k p_i^e_i with the p_i in ascending order is practical if and only if p_1 = 2 and, for 1 < i <= k, p_i <= sigma(Product_{j < i} p_j^e_j) + 1. - Franklin T. Adams-Watters, Nov 09 2006

Practical numbers first appear in Srinivasan's short paper, which contains terms up to 200. Let n be a practical number. He states that (1) if n>2, n is multiple of 4 or 6; (2) sigma(n) >= 2n-1 (A103288); and (3) 2^t n is practical. He also states that highly composite numbers (A002182), perfect numbers (A000396), and primorial numbers (A002110) are practical. [From T. D. Noe (noe(AT)sspectra.com), Apr 02 2010]

Strengthening a theorem of Hausman and Shapiro, Pollack shows that every n > 3 for which a(n) >= sqrt{e^{gamma} n log log{n}} is a practical number.[From Jonathan Vos Post, Jan 16, 2012].

REFERENCES

H. Heller, Mathematical Buds, Vol. 1 Chap. 2 pp. 10-22, Mu Alpha Theta OK 1978.

M. R. Heyworth, More on Panarithmic Numbers. New Zealand Math. Mag. 17, 28-34 (1980) [ ISSN 0549-0510 ].

H. J. Hindin, Quasipractical numbers, IEEE Communications Magazine, March 1980, pp. 41-45.

R. Honsberger, Mathematical Gems, M.A.A., 1973, p. 113.

E. J. Scourfield, J. Number Theory 62 (1) (1997) p. 163 uses this definition.

N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

A. K. Srinivasan, Practical numbers, Current Science, 17 (1948), 179-180.

B. M. Stewart, Sums of distinct divisors, Amer. J. Math., 76 (1954), 779-785.

See also Math. Rev. 96i:11106.

LINKS

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=1..1000

C. McLeman, PlanetMath.org, Practical number

G. Melfi, On two conjectures about practical numbers, J. Number Theory 56 (1996) 205-210 [MR96i:11106].

G. Melfi, On certain positive integer sequences, arXiv:0404555 [math.NT].

G. Melfi, A survey of practical numbers (<2008)

G. Melfi, Practical Numbers

G. Melfi, Practical Numbers

Paul Pollack and Lola Thompson, Practical pretenders, arXiv:1201.3168v1 [math.NT], Jan 16, 2012 [From Jonathan Vos Post, Jan 16, 2012].

E. Saias, Entiers a diviseurs denses 1, J. Number Theory 62 (1) (1997) p. 163 uses this definition.

A. K. Srinivasan, Practical numbers, Current Science, 17 (1948), 179-180.

B. M. Stewart, Sums of distinct divisors, Amer. J. Math., 76 (1954), 779-785 [MR0064800]

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Practical Number

Wikipedia, Practical number

MATHEMATICA

PracticalQ[n_] := Module[{f, p, e, prod=1, ok=True}, If[n<1 || (n>1 && OddQ[n]), False, If[n==1, True, f=FactorInteger[n]; {p, e} = Transpose[f]; Do[If[p[[i]] > 1+DivisorSigma[1, prod], ok=False; Break[]]; prod=prod*p[[i]]^e[[i]], {i, Length[p]}]; ok]]]; Select[Range[200], PracticalQ] [From T. D. Noe (noe(AT)sspectra.com), Apr 02 2010]

PROG

(Haskell)

a005153 n = a005153_list !! (n-1)

a005153_list = filter f [1..] where

   f n = and $ map (p [d | d <- [1..n], mod n d == 0]) [1..n]

   p _  0 = True

   p [] _ = False

   p (d:ds) m | m < d     = False

              | otherwise = p ds (m - d) || p ds m

-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Oct 27 2011

CROSSREFS

Cf. A007620 (second definition), A030057.

Cf. A033630, A174533.

Sequence in context: A103288 A125225 A092903 * A174973 A191743 A177807

Adjacent sequences:  A005150 A005151 A005152 * A005154 A005155 A005156

KEYWORD

nonn,nice,easy

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com).

EXTENSIONS

More terms from Pab Ter (pabrlos(AT)yahoo.com), May 09 2004

Erroneous comment removed by T. D. Noe (noe(AT)sspectra.com), Nov 14 2010

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