OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Records are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 16, 18, 20, 24, 30, ...
This sequence coincides with the highly composite numbers (A002182) excluding 2, 6, and 48. These excluded numbers occur directly after the only squares of A002182, namely 1, 4, and 36. - Jaycob Coleman, Mar 08 2015
LINKS
Amiram Eldar, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..436
Amiram Eldar, Table of n, a(n), A038548(a(n)) for n = 1..436
MATHEMATICA
s={}; dm = 0; Do[d =Ceiling[DivisorSigma[0, n]/2]; If[d > dm, dm = d; AppendTo[s, n]], {n, 10^5}]; s (* Amiram Eldar, Jul 07 2019 *)
PROG
(PARI) lista(nn) = {rec = 0; for (n=1, nn, nb = ceil(numdiv(n)/2); if (nb > rec, print1(n, ", "); rec = nb; ); ); } \\ Michel Marcus, Sep 01 2013
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
easy,nonn
AUTHOR
Chittaranjan Pardeshi, Sep 19 2003
STATUS
approved