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A104169
Highly decomposable Smith numbers. A Smith number which sets a record for the number of prime factors (counting multiplicity) starting from first Smith number is called a highly decomposable Smith number.
1
4, 27, 378, 576, 2688, 17496, 44928, 75776, 168960, 319488, 958464, 2883584, 5767168, 7077888, 279969792, 544997376, 778567680, 2579496960, 3875536896, 22749904896, 60699967488, 87509958656, 164886478848, 199715979264, 446676598784, 2954937499648
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
It is conjectured that except for 27, all highly decomposable Smith numbers are even.
a(27) > 1.286e13. - Max Alekseyev, Oct 03 2024
REFERENCES
S. S. Gupta, Smith Numbers, Mathematical Spectrum, 37 (2004/5), 27-29.
FORMULA
Number m = A104168(k) in this sequence iff m = min_{n>=k} A104168(n).
EXAMPLE
a(3) = 378 because the Smith number 378 has 5 prime factors which is > any Smith number < 378.
CROSSREFS
Subsequence of A104168.
Cf. A006753.
Sequence in context: A239726 A058155 A334527 * A359904 A271615 A271616
KEYWORD
nonn,base
AUTHOR
Shyam Sunder Gupta, Mar 10 2005 and May 03 2005
EXTENSIONS
a(20)-a(23) from Donovan Johnson, Jan 02 2013
a(24)-a(26) from Max Alekseyev, Sep 28 2024
STATUS
approved