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A011772 Smallest number m such that m(m+1)/2 is divisible by n. 10
1, 3, 2, 7, 4, 3, 6, 15, 8, 4, 10, 8, 12, 7, 5, 31, 16, 8, 18, 15, 6, 11, 22, 15, 24, 12, 26, 7, 28, 15, 30, 63, 11, 16, 14, 8, 36, 19, 12, 15, 40, 20, 42, 32, 9, 23, 46, 32, 48, 24, 17, 39, 52, 27, 10, 48, 18, 28, 58, 15, 60, 31, 27, 127, 25, 11, 66, 16, 23, 20, 70, 63, 72, 36, 24 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,2

COMMENTS

Also called pseudo-Smarandache numbers.

a(2^k) = 2^(k+1)-1; a(m)=m-1 and for odd prime powers m; - Reinhard Zumkeller (reinhard.zumkeller(AT)gmail.com), Feb 26 2003

REFERENCES

C. Ashbacher, The Pseudo-Smarandache Function and the Classical Functions of Number Theory, Smarandache Notions Journal, Vol. 9, No. 1-2, 1998, 79-82.

K. Kashihara, Comments and Topics on Smarandache Notions and Problems, Erhus University Press, 1996.

K. Kashihara, Comments and Topics on Smarandache Notions and Problems, Erhus Univ. Press, 1996.

LINKS

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

M. L. Perez et al., eds., Smarandache Notions Journal

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Link to a section of The World of Mathematics.

K. Kashihara, Comments and Topics on Smarandache Notions and Problems.

FORMULA

a(n) <= 2n-1 for all numbers n; a(n) <= n-1 for odd n - Stefan Steinerberger (stefan.steinerberger(AT)gmail.com), Apr 03 2006

MATHEMATICA

Table[m := 1; While[Not[IntegerQ[(m*(m + 1))/(2n)]], m++ ]; m, {n, 1, 90}] - Stefan Steinerberger (stefan.steinerberger(AT)gmail.com), Apr 03 2006

(Sqrt[1+8#]-1)/2&/@Flatten[With[{r=Accumulate[Range[300]]}, Table[ Select[r, Divisible[#, n]&, 1], {n, 80}]]] (* From Harvey P. Dale, Feb 05 2012 *)

CROSSREFS

A066561(n)=A000217(a(n)).

Cf. A080982.

Sequence in context: A075270 A067872 A198501 * A060451 A129187 A166532

Adjacent sequences:  A011769 A011770 A011771 * A011773 A011774 A011775

KEYWORD

nonn,easy,nice,changed

AUTHOR

Kenichiro Kashihara (Univxiq(AT)aol.com)

EXTENSIONS

More terms from Stefan Steinerberger (stefan.steinerberger(AT)gmail.com), Apr 03 2006

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