A073772 Number of highly composite numbers (HCNs) between the n-th highly composite number k and 2*k if 2*k is a highly composite number, or -1 if 2*k is not a highly composite number.

0, 0, -1, 0, 0, 1, -1, -1, 0, 1, 1, -1, 0, -1, 1, 1, -1, 0, 1, 1, 1, -1, -1, 2, 2, -1, -1, 1, 1, 1, 2, -1, 2, 2, -1, -1, -1, 1, 1, 1, 2, -1, 2, 2, -1, 2, 2, 2, -1, -1, 2, -1, 2, -1, 2, 2, -1, 2, 2, 2, -1, -1, 2, 2, 2, -1, 2, 3, -1, -1, 2, 2, 2, -1, -1, 1, 1, 1, 1, -1, -1, 3, 3, 3, 3, -1, -1, 2, 2, 2, -1, 1, 1, -1, 3, 3, 3, 3

Offset

1,24

Comments

If 2*A002182(n) = A002182(m) then a(n) = m - n - 1; if 2*A002182(n) is not a highly composite number then a(n) = -1. The zero terms correspond to the terms of A072938, the negative terms correspond to the terms of A073771. The terms were determined by means of A. Flammenkamp's list (cf. Links).

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..98.

Achim Flammenkamp Highly Composite Numbers

Example

a(3) = -1 since 4 is the third highly composite number and 2*4 = 8 is not a highly composite number; a(6) = 1 since 24 is the sixth highly composite number, 2*24 = 48 is the eighth highly composite number and the highly composite number 36 is between them; a(13) = 0 since 360 is the 13th highly composite number, 2*360 = 720 is the 14th highly composite number and there is no highly composite number between them.

Crossrefs

Cf. A002182, A072938, A073771.

Sequence in context: A286132 A105551 A305195 * A164562 A058188 A333851

Adjacent sequences: A073769 A073770 A073771 * A073773 A073774 A073775

Keyword

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Author

Klaus Brockhaus, Aug 19 2002

Status

approved