OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
"Totients" are terms of A000010. - N. J. A. Sloane, Oct 22 2017
The smallest totient absent from the list is 10. This is because the totient inverses of 10, 11 and 22 are not solutions to phi(m)^2 = phi(phi(m)*m).
The formula is recursive. For example, taking a(22) we get the following: 11664 = phi(108*324), 1259712 = phi(11664*324), 136048896 = phi(1259712*324), ...
Where (if ever) does this first differ from A068997? - R. J. Mathar, Oct 30 2017
Apparently the set of the m is A151999. - R. J. Mathar, Mar 25 2024
If m satisfies phi(m)^2 = phi(phi(m)*m), then it satisfies phi(m)^(k+1) = phi(phi(m)^k*m) for all k >= 1. - Max Alekseyev, Dec 03 2024
LINKS
Max Alekseyev, PARI/GP Scripts for Miscellaneous Math Problems (invphi.gp).
EXAMPLE
96 is a term since 96^2 = phi(96*288), with m=288 where phi(288) = 96.
PROG
(PARI) isok(n) = {my(iv = invphi(n)); if (#iv, for (m = 1, #iv, if (n^2 == eulerphi(n*iv[m]), return (1)); ); ); return (0); } \\ using the invphi script by Max Alekseyev; Michel Marcus, Nov 01 2017
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Torlach Rush, Oct 19 2017
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Michel Marcus, Oct 24 2017
Definition simplified by Max Alekseyev, Dec 03 2024
STATUS
approved