OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Deficient composite numbers a(n) for which a(n)-1 and a(n)+1 are not deficient. In most instances, both a(n)-1 and a(n)+1 will be abundant numbers; in a few instances, one will be abundant while the other one is perfect.
LINKS
Timothy L. Tiffin, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..223 [terms up to 5000]
EXAMPLE
55 = 5*11 is between two abundant numbers (54 and 56), while 497 = 7*71 is between a perfect number (496) and an abundant number (498).
MATHEMATICA
Select[Range@ 1500, And[CompositeQ@ #, Boole@ Map[DivisorSigma[1, #] < 2 # &, # + Range[-1, 1]] == {0, 1, 0}] &] (* Michael De Vlieger, Aug 26 2016 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Timothy L. Tiffin, Aug 17 2016
STATUS
approved