OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
a(8) > 10^13. - Donovan Johnson, Oct 20 2009
Don Reble has shown that a(8) < 1.9*10^42, cf. link.
From David Wasserman, Jan 05 2019: (Start)
a(8) <= 108111092880293127811946663766147737122,
a(9) <= 6850672946809600696044301071559918192380244,
a(10) <= 96037988156124494415303285590850571857698741869620,
a(11) <= 9044737840075556371215937303485030235666252755947862558252154847122. (End)
LINKS
Don Reble, A034173(8) exists, SeqFan list, Oct 23 2012
FORMULA
EXAMPLE
a(4) = 19940 because 19940, ..., 19943 all have the form p^2 q r.
PROG
(PARI) A034173(n)={my(f); for(k=1, 9e9, f=0; for(i=1, n, f==(f=vecsort(factor(k+n-i)[, 2])) || i==1 || [k+=n-i; next(2)]); return(k))} \\ M. F. Hasler, Oct 23 2012
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
hard,nonn,more
AUTHOR
Dean Hickerson, Oct 01 1998
EXTENSIONS
a(7) from Donovan Johnson, Oct 20 2009
Don Reble link repaired by N. J. A. Sloane, Oct 24 2024
STATUS
approved