OFFSET
1,2
REFERENCES
G. H. Hardy and E. M. Wright, An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers, 5th ed., Oxford Univ. Press, 1979, Theorem 320.
LINKS
Hugo Pfoertner, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..7613
Leroy Quet, Two number-theoretical limits (& bonus sum). Thread in NG sci.math, Oct 30 2003.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Euler-Mascheroni Constant
EXAMPLE
a(5)=46 because d(46) - log(46) + 1 - 2*0.5772156649... = 0.016927274... is less than
abs(d(7) - log(7) + 1 - 2*0.5772156649...) = abs(-0.100341479...) with d(46)=4 and d(7)=2.
MATHEMATICA
f[n_] := N[ Abs[ DivisorSigma[0, n] - Log@ n + 1 - 2 EulerGamma], 32]; k = 1; lst = {}; mx = Infinity; While[k < 8000000, a = f@k; If[a < mx, mx = a; AppendTo[lst, k]]; k++]; lst (* Robert G. Wilson v, Dec 11 2017 *)
PROG
(PARI)
d=1.0; n=0; \
for(j=2, 16, kmin=round(exp(j-2*Euler+1-2*d)); kmax=round(exp(j-2*Euler+1+2*d)); \
for(k=kmin, kmax, dd=abs(numdiv(k)-log(k)+1-2*Euler); \
if(dd<d, d=dd; print1(k, ", "))))
\\ Hugo Pfoertner, Dec 08 2017
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Leroy Quet and Hugo Pfoertner, Dec 02 2003
EXTENSIONS
Terms beyond a(5) from Hans Havermann, Dec 02 2003
STATUS
approved