OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Corresponding values of k: 1, 2, 4, 6, 6, 6, 6, 8, 10, 10, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 14, 16, 18, 18, 18, 18, 20, 20, 20, 22, 22, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 28, 28, 28, ... (see A225369).
Conjecture: all terms are squarefree numbers.
Conjecture is false: p = (312^6 / 13) - 1 = 70955197267967 is prime, so sigma(9*p) = sigma(9)*sigma(p) = 13*(p+1) = 312^6 = 312^tau(9*p). - Charlie Neder, Oct 05 2018
LINKS
Donovan Johnson, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..500
EXAMPLE
a(4) = 862 because sigma(862) = 1296 = 6^tau(862) = 6^4; k = 6.
PROG
(PARI) c=1; write("b225239.txt", c " " 1); for(n=2, 1943881801, s=sigma(n); if(ispower(s), nd=numdiv(n); r=round(sqrtn(s, nd)); if(r^nd==s, c++; write("b225239.txt", c " " n)))) /* Donovan Johnson, May 05 2013 */
(PARI) isok(n) = if (n==1, return(1)); my(s=sigma(n)); if(ispower(s), my(nd=numdiv(n)); r=sqrtnint(s, nd); (r^nd==s); ); \\ Michel Marcus, Feb 19 2020
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Jaroslav Krizek, May 04 2013
STATUS
approved