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a(n) is the sum of the divisors of the smallest number k such that the symmetric representation of sigma(k) has n parts.
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%I #23 Jul 24 2018 09:46:32

%S 1,4,13,32,104,228,576,1408,4104,9824,19152,39816,82944,196992,441294,

%T 881280,1911168,4539024

%N a(n) is the sum of the divisors of the smallest number k such that the symmetric representation of sigma(k) has n parts.

%C For more information see A239663 and A239665.

%F a(n) = A000203(A239663(n)).

%e Illustration of the symmetric representation of sigma(9):

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%e For n = 3 we have that 9 is the smallest number whose symmetric representation of sigma has three parts: [5, 3, 5], so a(3) = 5 + 3 + 5 = 13, equaling the sum of divisors of 9: sigma(9) = 1 + 3 + 9 = 13.

%e For n = 7 we have that 357 is the smallest number whose symmetric representation of sigma has seven parts: [179, 61, 29, 38, 29, 61, 179], so a(7) = 179 + 61 + 29 + 38 + 29 + 61 + 179 = 576, equaling the sum of divisors of 357: sigma(357) = 1 + 3 + 7 + 17 + 21 + 51 + 119 + 357 = 576.

%Y Cf. A000203, A196020, A235791, A236104, A237048, A237270, A237271, A237591, A237593, A239931-A239934, A239663, A239665, A240062, A245092, A262626.

%K nonn,hard,more

%O 1,2

%A _Omar E. Pol_, Dec 21 2015

%E a(14)-a(18) from _Omar E. Pol_, Jul 21 2018