A032451 Irregular triangle read by rows: there is a row for each value of n for which the aliquot sequence starting at n eventually reaches 1, giving the part of the sequence from n to 1.

1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 4, 3, 1, 5, 1, 7, 1, 8, 7, 1, 9, 4, 3, 1, 10, 8, 7, 1, 11, 1, 12, 16, 15, 9, 4, 3, 1, 13, 1, 14, 10, 8, 7, 1, 15, 9, 4, 3, 1, 16, 15, 9, 4, 3, 1, 17, 1, 18, 21, 11, 1, 19, 1, 20, 22, 14, 10, 8, 7, 1, 21, 11, 1, 22, 14, 10, 8, 7, 1, 23, 1, 24, 36, 55, 17, 1, 26, 16

Offset

1,2

Comments

Related to Catalan's conjecture about iterations of f(n) = sigma(n) - n.

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..83.

L. Alaoglu and P. Erdős, A conjecture in elementary number theory, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 50 (1944), 881-882.

Example

The aliquot sequences starting with the numbers from 1 to 32 are as follows:
[1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...]
[2, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...]
[3, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...]
[4, 3, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...]
[5, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...]
[6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, ...]
[7, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...]
[8, 7, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...]
[9, 4, 3, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...]
[10, 8, 7, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...]
[11, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...]
[12, 16, 15, 9, 4, 3, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...] (A143090)
[13, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...]
[14, 10, 8, 7, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...] (A143721)
[15, 9, 4, 3, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...] (A143090)
[16, 15, 9, 4, 3, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...] (A143090)
[17, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...]
[18, 21, 11, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...]
[19, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...]
[20, 22, 14, 10, 8, 7, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...] (A143733)
[21, 11, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...]
[22, 14, 10, 8, 7, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...] (A143721)
[23, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...]
[24, 36, 55, 17, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...] (A143645)
[25, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, ...]
[26, 16, 15, 9, 4, 3, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...] (A143759)
[27, 13, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...]
[28, 28, 28, 28, 28, 28, 28, 28, 28, 28, 28, 28, 28, 28, 28, 28, 28, 28, 28, 28, 28, ...]
[29, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...]
[30, 42, 54, 66, 78, 90, 144, 259, 45, 33, 15, 9, 4, 3, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...] (A008885)
[31, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...]
[32, 31, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...]
Rows 6, 25 and 28 are omitted from the entry since they never reach 1.

Maple

with(numtheory);
f:=proc(n) local i, t1; t1:=[n];
for i from 1 to 20 do t1:=[op(t1), sigma(t1[i])-t1[i]]; od:
t1; end;
for n from 2 through 32 do lprint(f(n)); od:

Crossrefs

Sequence in context: A322994 A256147 A079786 * A214494 A088445 A280696

Adjacent sequences: A032448 A032449 A032450 * A032452 A032453 A032454

Keyword

nonn,tabf

Author

Ursula Gagelmann (gagelmann(AT)altavista.net)

Extensions

Edited by N. J. A. Sloane, Nov 30 2008

Status

approved