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A214409
a(n) is the smallest conjectured m such that the irreducible fraction m/n is a known abundancy index.
3
1, 3, 4, 7, 6, 13, 8, 15, 13, 21, 12, 31, 14, 31, 26, 31, 18, 49, 20, 51, 32, 45, 24, 65, 31, 49, 40, 57, 30, 91, 32, 63, 52, 63, 48, 91, 38, 75, 56, 93, 42, 127, 44, 93, 88, 93, 48, 127, 57, 93, 80, 105, 54, 121, 72, 127, 80, 105, 60, 217, 62, 127, 104, 127
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
The abundancy index of a number k is sigma(k)/k. When n is prime, (n+1)/n is irreducible and abund(n) = (n+1)/n, so a(n) = n + 1.
A known abundancy index is related to a limit. Terms of the sequence have been built with a limit of 10^30. So when n is composite, the values for a(n) are conjectural. A higher limit could provide smaller values.
If m < k < sigma(m) and k is relatively prime to m, then k/m is an abundancy outlaw. Hence if r/s is an abundancy index with gcd(r, s) = 1, then r >= sigma(s). [Stanton and Holdener page 3]. Since a(n) is coprime to n, this implies that a(n) >= sigma(n).
When a(n)=A214413(n), this means that a(n) is sure to be the least m satisfying the property.
LINKS
William G. Stanton and Judy A. Holdener, Abundancy "Outlaws" of the Form (sigma(N) + t)/N, Journal of Integer Sequences , Vol 10 (2007) , Article 07.9.6.
EXAMPLE
For n = 5, a(5) = 6 because 6/5 is irreducible, 6/5 is a known abundancy (namely of 5), and no number below 6 can be found with the same properties.
CROSSREFS
Equal to or greater than A214413.
Sequence in context: A324108 A324054 A214413 * A215509 A053480 A258052
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Michel Marcus, Jul 16 2012
STATUS
approved