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A105285
Indices of Lucas 3-step numbers A001644 which have a nontrivial divisor in common with index.
2
6, 15, 18, 21, 35, 39, 44, 45, 54, 55, 57, 78, 80, 84, 90, 93, 96, 117, 120, 123, 132, 133, 135, 140, 147, 154, 156, 162, 171, 174, 195, 201, 210, 213, 234, 235, 240, 245, 247, 249, 252, 259, 264, 273, 275, 279, 286, 288, 290, 291, 295, 299, 312, 318, 323, 327
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Extension by T. D. Noe. Wanted: closed-form formula for this as exists for Fibonacci and Lucas numbers. See also A105762 (prime Lucas 3-step numbers).
LINKS
FORMULA
gcd(a(n), A001644(a(n))) > 1.
EXAMPLE
gcd(6, A001644(6)) = gcd(6,39) = 3,
gcd(21, A001644(21)) = gcd(21,361109) = 7.
MATHEMATICA
m=300; s = LinearRecurrence[{1, 1, 1}, {3, 1, 3}, m+1]; Select[Range[m], !CoprimeQ[#, s[[#+1]]] &] (* Amiram Eldar, Sep 05 2019 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
easy,nonn
AUTHOR
Jonathan Vos Post, Apr 25 2005
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Amiram Eldar, Sep 05 2019
STATUS
approved