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A088077 a(n) is the least number m sandwiched between m-1 and m+1, both with special properties as follows: both are squarefree; both have n distinct prime factors. 1
4, 34, 664, 18446, 887314, 84946016, 3086525014, 557027507464, 31110090768184, 3404401335645584, 609352762511672906 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENTS

a(n) is surely larger than the n-th, but seems even larger than the (n+1)-th primorial number.

a(n) is neither necessarily squarefree nor it has a specified number of distinct prime-factors.

EXAMPLE

a(3) = 664, 663 = 3*13*17 and 665 = 5*11*19 both have three prime divisors.

MATHEMATICA

lf[x_] := Length[FactorInteger[x]] am[x_] := Abs[MoebiusMu[x]] q[x_] := Apply[Times, Table[Prime[j], {j, 1, x}]] Table[flag=1; Print["#"]; Do[s1=am[n-1]; s2=am[n+1]; If[Equal[s1, 1]&&Equal[s2, 1]&&Equal[lf[n-1], j] &&Equal[lf[n+1], j]&&Equal[flag, 1], Print[{n, j}]; flag=0], {n, q[j], q[j]+...}], {j, 1, 4}]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A002110, A001221.

Sequence in context: A158961 A134354 A030243 * A162079 A113231 A055621

Adjacent sequences:  A088074 A088075 A088076 * A088078 A088079 A088080

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Amarnath Murthy (amarnath_murthy(AT)yahoo.com), Sep 22 2003

EXTENSIONS

Edited by Labos E. (labos(AT)ana.sote.hu), Sep 26 2003

84946016 from Ray Chandler (rayjchandler(AT)sbcglobal.net), Oct 09 2003

a(7) and a(8) from Donovan Johnson (donovan.johnson(AT)yahoo.com), Apr 22 2008

a(9)-a(11) from Donovan Johnson (donovan.johnson(AT)yahoo.com), Feb 18 2009

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