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A068142
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a(0) = 21; for n > 0, a(n) is the smallest triangular number which is a (proper) multiple of a(n-1).
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21, 105, 210, 630, 25200, 32004000, 508031496000, 128015872500032496000, 3670698694547655407496988066168944000, 10302657959650317880463349610273001290502485245258650172717840000
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OFFSET
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0,1
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EXAMPLE
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a(1) = 105, since 105 = 5*21 = 5*a(0), 105 is a triangular number and 2*a(0) = 42, 3*a(0) = 63, 4*a(0) = 84 are not triangular numbers.
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MATHEMATICA
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pm1[{k_}] := {1, k-1}; pm1[lst_] := Module[{a, m, v}, a=lst[[1]]; m=Times@@Rest[lst]; v=pm1[Rest[lst]]; Union[ChineseRemainder[{1, #}, {a, m}]&/@v, ChineseRemainder[{-1, #}, {a, m}]&/@v]]; nexttri[1]=3; nexttri[n_] := Module[{s}, s=(pm1[Power@@#&/@FactorInteger[4n]]^2-1)/8; For[i=1, True, i++, If[s[[i]]>n, Return[s[[i]]]]]]; a[0]=21; a[n_] := a[n]=nexttri[a[n-1]]; (* First do <<NumberTheory`NumberTheoryFunctions`. If lst is a list of relatively prime integers >= 3, pm1[lst] is the list of numbers less than their product and == 1 or -1 (mod every element of lst). nexttri[n] is the smallest triangular number >n and divisible by n. *)
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PROG
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(PARI) {a068142(m)=local(k, q, n); k=6; q=k*(k+1)/2; while(q<m, n=q; print1(n, ", "); k++; q=q+k; while(q<m&&q%n>0, k++; q=q+k))}
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KEYWORD
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nonn
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STATUS
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approved
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