OFFSET
1,5
COMMENTS
Always > 0 for n > 2.
REFERENCES
József Sándor, Dragoslav S. Mitrinovic, and Borislav Crstici, Handbook of Number Theory I, Springer Science & Business Media, 2005, Chapter III, p. 77, section III.1.1.b.
LINKS
C. C. Lindner, Problem E1888, Amer. Math. Monthly, 73 (1966), 538; solution by A. Bager and S. Russ, op. cit. 74 (1967), 1143.
N. J. A. Sloane, "A Handbook of Integer Sequences" Fifty Years Later, arXiv:2301.03149 [math.NT], 2023, p. 6.
MATHEMATICA
a[n_] := Floor[n*Sqrt[n]] - DivisorSigma[1, n]; Array[a, 100] (* Amiram Eldar, Apr 25 2024 *)
PROG
(PARI) a(n)=sqrtint(n^3)-sigma(n) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Feb 14 2013
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
sign
AUTHOR
N. J. A. Sloane, Nov 29 2000
STATUS
approved