OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Corresponding values of tau(a(n)): 4, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, ...
Triplets of [tau(a(n)), tau(a(n) + 1), tau(a(n) + 2)] = [tau(a(n)), tau(a(n)) - 1, tau(a(n))]: [4, 3, 4], [16, 15, 16], [16, 15, 16], [16, 15, 16], [16, 15, 16], [16, 15, 16], [16, 15, 16], [16, 15, 16], [16, 15, 16], ...
a(n) is one less than a perfect square. - David A. Corneth, Dec 29 2020
LINKS
David A. Corneth, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
EXAMPLE
tau(8) = 4, tau(9) = 3, tau(10) = 4.
MATHEMATICA
d1 = 1; d2 = 2; s = {}; Do[d3 = DivisorSigma[0, n]; If[Equal @@ {d1, d2 + 1, d3}, AppendTo[s, n - 2]]; d1 = d2; d2 = d3, {n, 3, 10^7}]; s (* Amiram Eldar, Dec 17 2020 *)
Position[Partition[DivisorSigma[0, Range[59*10^5]], 3, 1], _?(#[[1]]==#[[2]]+1==#[[3]]&), 1, Heads->False]//Flatten (* Harvey P. Dale, May 25 2023 *)
PROG
(Magma) [m: m in [2..10^6] | #Divisors(m + 1) + 1 eq #Divisors(m) and #Divisors(m + 2) eq #Divisors(m)]
(PARI) isok(m) = my(nb = numdiv(m)); (numdiv(m+2) == nb) && (numdiv(m+1) == nb-1); \\ Michel Marcus, Dec 18 2020
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Jaroslav Krizek, Dec 16 2020
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Amiram Eldar, Dec 16 2020
STATUS
approved