OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Or, a(1) = 1, then the smallest nontrivial k (>1) which divides the sum of (next n) numbers from k+1 to k+n or smallest k > 1 that divides nk + n(n+1)/2. - Amarnath Murthy, Sep 22 2002. For example, a(7) = 4, which is the smallest nontrivial number that divides the sum 5+6+...+11, of 7 numbers.
LINKS
Zak Seidov, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
FORMULA
a(4k-1) = a(4k) = 2.
From Zak Seidov, Jun 06 2013: (Start)
a(n) = 3 for n = {2, 5, 6, 9} + 12 k;
a(n) = 5 for n = {10, 25, 34, 49} + 60 k;
a(n) = 7 for n = {13, 97, 118, 133, 181, 202, 217, 238, 286, 301, 322, 406} + 420 k, etc. (end)
EXAMPLE
A000217(10) = 10*(10+1)/2 = 55 = 5*11, therefore a(10) = 5.
MATHEMATICA
FactorInteger[#][[1, 1]]&/@Accumulate[Range[100]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Apr 05 2014 *)
PROG
(PARI) a(n) = if (n==1, 1, vecmin(factor(n*(n+1)/2)[, 1]));
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Reinhard Zumkeller, Apr 10 2002
EXTENSIONS
Edited by N. J. A. Sloane, Sep 06 2008 at the suggestion of Franklin T. Adams-Watters
STATUS
approved