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A248123
Least integer m > 0 such that gcd(m,n) = 1 and m*n | C(m+n), where C(k) refers to the k-th Catalan number binomial(2k,k)/(k+1).
5
1, 3, 2, 21, 9, 11, 11, 77, 5, 13, 6, 85, 10, 5, 1, 77, 11, 5, 11, 1, 4, 7, 13, 29, 18, 7, 14, 1, 15, 11, 17, 189, 19, 9, 6, 5, 23, 15, 7, 49, 23, 1, 22, 17, 1, 13, 25, 13, 26, 19, 11, 9, 28, 71, 18, 29, 10, 15, 31, 13, 34, 17, 5, 381, 9, 1, 35, 9, 19, 9
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Conjecture: a(n) exists for all n > 0.
EXAMPLE
a(4) = 21 since 4*21 divides C(4+21) = 4861946401452.
MATHEMATICA
Do[m=1; Label[aa]; If[GCD[m, n]==1&&Mod[CatalanNumber[m+n], m*n]==0, Print[n, " ", m]; Goto[bb]]; m=m+1; Goto[aa]; Label[bb]; Continue, {n, 1, 70}]
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Zhi-Wei Sun, Oct 01 2014
STATUS
approved