OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
For m=2^k, sigma(m)=2m-1, so that 2m-sigma(m)=1 would trivially divide m. These m are excluded. All abundant numbers (with sigma(m) > 2m) are also excluded, even when sigma(m) - 2m divides m, as for m=12 which is a multiple of 2m - sigma(m) = -4. - M. F. Hasler, Jul 21 2012
The sequence can also be obtained by looking for numbers whose abundancy sigma(m)/m is of the form (2*k-1)/k (hence deficient), while excluding powers of 2. - Michel Marcus, Oct 07 2013
Contains 2^(p-1)*(2^p + 2^q - 1) whenever 0 < q < p and 2^p + 2^q - 1 is prime. - Michael R Peake, Feb 01 2023
LINKS
R. J. Mathar and Donovan Johnson, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..200 (first 42 terms from R. J. Mathar)
FORMULA
EXAMPLE
m=10 is a term because the divisors of 10 are 1,2,5,10, with sum 18 and 2*m-18 = 2, which divides 10. Or sigma(10)/10 = 9/5 = (2*k-1)/k with k=5.
MATHEMATICA
sdnQ[n_]:=Module[{c=2n-DivisorSigma[1, n]}, c>1&&Divisible[n, c]]; Select[ Range[600000], sdnQ] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jul 23 2012 *)
PROG
(PARI) for(n=1, 6e5, (t=2*n-sigma(n))>1 & !(n%t) & print1(n", ")) \\ M. F. Hasler, Jul 21 2012
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Phil Mason (hattrack(AT)usa.net)
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Michel Marcus, Oct 07 2013
STATUS
approved