OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Colton proves that perfect numbers (A000396) cannot be refactorable.
LINKS
Amiram Eldar, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..305
Simon Colton, Refactorable Numbers - A Machine Invention, J. Integer Sequences, Vol. 2 (1999), Article 99.1.2.
FORMULA
EXAMPLE
k = 45532800 is a term since s0 = d(k) = 384, s1 = sigma(k) = 571963392, and the four quotients s1/s0 = 474300, (k * s0)/s1 = 96, s1/k = 4 and k/s0 = 118580 are all integers.
MATHEMATICA
q[n_] := Module[{d = DivisorSigma[0, n], s = DivisorSigma[1, n]}, Divisible[s, n] && Divisible[n * d, s] && Divisible[s, d] && Divisible[n, d]]; Select[Range[31000], q] (* Amiram Eldar, May 09 2024 *)
PROG
(PARI) is(k) = {my(f = factor(k), s = sigma(f), d = numdiv(f)); !(s % k) && !((k * d) % s) && !(s % d) && !(k % d); } \\ Amiram Eldar, May 09 2024
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
EXTENSIONS
a(7)-a(13) from Donovan Johnson, Apr 09 2010
Edited and a(14)-a(16) added by Amiram Eldar, May 09 2024
STATUS
approved