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A228961
Smallest sets of 4 consecutive abundant numbers in arithmetic progression. The initial abundant number is listed.
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114, 120, 228, 234, 240, 282, 348, 420, 582, 588, 654, 660, 708, 840, 1002, 1008, 1014, 1068, 1122, 1242, 1248, 1254, 1260, 1380, 1434, 1542, 1548, 1674, 1794, 1800, 1908, 1914, 1998, 2094, 2100, 2208, 2214, 2220, 2262, 2268, 2328, 2334, 2340, 2502, 2508
OFFSET
1,1
LINKS
EXAMPLE
114, 120, 126, 132 is the smallest set of 4 consecutive abundant numbers in arithmetic progression so 114 is in the list.
MATHEMATICA
AbundantQ[n_] := DivisorSigma[1, n] > 2 n; m = 2; z1 = 18; cd = 6; a = {}; Do[If[AbundantQ[n], If[n - z1 == cd, m = m + 1; If[m > 3, AppendTo[a, n - 3*cd]], m = 2; cd = n - z1]; z1 = n], {n, 19, 1000000}]; a
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Shyam Sunder Gupta, Nov 10 2013
STATUS
approved