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A323327
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Numbers that start an unbounded aliquot-like sequence based on Dedekind psi function (A001615).
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4
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318, 330, 498, 510, 534, 546, 636, 660, 786, 798, 942, 954, 978, 990, 996, 1020, 1068, 1092, 1110, 1122, 1254, 1272, 1320, 1398, 1410, 1470, 1494, 1506, 1518, 1530, 1572, 1596, 1602, 1614, 1626, 1638, 1734, 1884, 1908, 1938, 1950, 1956, 1980, 1992, 2040, 2046
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OFFSET
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1,1
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COMMENTS
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Let t(k) = psi(k) - k = A001615(k) - k be the sum of aliquot divisors d of k, such that k/d is squarefree. Penney & Pomerance proposed a problem to show that the aliquot-like sequence related to this function, i.e., the trajectory of an integer k under the repeated application of the map k -> t(k), can be unbounded. Since t(m^j * k) = m^j * t(k) if m|k, then if in the sequence a_0 = k, a_1 = t(k), a_2 = t(t(k)), ... there is a term a_{i1} = m^j * a_0 such that m|k and j > 0 then a_{i+i1} = m^j * a_i for all i and thus the sequence is unbounded.
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REFERENCES
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Jean-Marie De Koninck, Those Fascinating Numbers, Amer. Math. Soc., 2009, page 71, entry 318.
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LINKS
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David E. Penney and Carl Pomerance, Problem 10323, The American Mathematical Monthly, Volume 100, No. 7 (1993), p. 688.
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EXAMPLE
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318 is in the sequence since t(318) = psi(318) - 318 = 330, t(330) = 534, etc., and this repeated mapping yields an unbounded sequence.
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MATHEMATICA
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t[1]=0; t[n_] := (Times@@(1+1/Transpose[FactorInteger[n]][[1]])-1)*n; rt[n_] := Module[{f=FactorInteger[n]}, e=GCD@@f[[;; , 2]]; Surd[n, e]]; divrootQ[n_, m_] := Divisible[n, rt[m]]; divQ[s_, n_] := If[n==0, 0, If[MemberQ[s, n], 1, If[ Length[Select[s, Divisible[n, #] && divrootQ[#, n/#] &]] > 0, 2, 3]]]; seqQ[n_] := Module[{n1=n}, s={}; While[divQ[s, n1] ==3, AppendTo[s, n1]; n1=t[n1]]; divQ[s, n1]] == 2; Select[Range[10000], seqQ]
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KEYWORD
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nonn
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STATUS
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approved
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