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a(1) = 2; for n>1: a(n) = integer part of x-value when y=0 in (y-tau(n))/(x-1)=(1-tau(n))/(n-1), tau=A000005.
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%I #7 Nov 28 2016 03:58:14

%S 2,3,5,5,9,7,13,10,13,13,21,14,25,18,19,19,33,21,37,23,27,29,45,27,37,

%T 34,35,33,57,34,61,38,43,45,46,40,73,50,51,45,81,47,85,52,53,61,93,53,

%U 73,59,67,62,105,61,73,63,75,77,117,65,121,82,75,74,86,75,133,81,91

%N a(1) = 2; for n>1: a(n) = integer part of x-value when y=0 in (y-tau(n))/(x-1)=(1-tau(n))/(n-1), tau=A000005.

%C a(n) < 2*n; a(n) = 2*n-1 iff n is prime;

%C let m=A096738(n): a(m)=(m*tau(m)-1)/(tau(m)-1).

%H G. C. Greubel, <a href="/A096736/b096736.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000</a>

%F a(n) = floor((n*tau(n)-1)/(tau(n)-1)) for n>1, a(1) = 2.

%e Divisors of n=12: {1,2,3,4,6,12}, A000005(12)=6:

%e a(12) = floor((12*6-1)/(6-1)) = floor(71/5) = floor(14.2)=14:

%e +--O

%e |..| .. div=1

%e +--+--+

%e |..|..| ... div=2

%e +--+--+--+

%e |..|..|..| .... div=3

%e +--+--+--+--+

%e |..|..|..|..| ..... div=4

%e +--+--+--+--+--+--+

%e |..|..|..|..|..|..| ....... div=6

%e +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--O

%e |..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..|..| ............. div=12

%e +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+X-+--+-

%e 0__1__2__3__4__5__6__7__8__9_10_11_12_13_14_15_16 ....

%t Join[{2}, Table[Floor[(n*DivisorSigma[0, n] - 1)/(DivisorSigma[0, n] - 1)], {n, 2, 100}]] (* _G. C. Greubel_, Nov 27 2016 *)

%Y Cf. A096737.

%K nonn

%O 1,1

%A _Reinhard Zumkeller_, Jul 06 2004