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A309765
a(n) is the least k>=1 such that k*(k+1) is divisible by A003418(n).
1
1, 1, 2, 3, 15, 15, 20, 104, 224, 224, 440, 440, 2079, 2079, 2079, 2079, 194480, 194480, 1956240, 1956240, 1956240, 1956240, 6113744, 6113744, 19706400, 19706400, 317839599, 317839599, 2183843375, 2183843375, 6081487775, 6081487775, 6081487775, 6081487775, 6081487775, 6081487775
OFFSET
1,3
LINKS
Bert Dobbelaere, Python program
EXAMPLE
a(3)=2 because A003418(3)=6 divides 2*3 but does not divide 1*2.
MAPLE
A[1]:= 1:
X:=[]:
P:=[]:
S:= [[]]:
for n from 2 to 50 do
F:= ifactors(n)[2];
found:= false;
for t in F do
if member(t[1], P, 'i') then
if t[1]^t[2]>X[i] then
found:= true;
X:= subsop(i=t[1]^t[2], X);
fi
else
found:= true;
X:= [op(X), t[1]];
P:= [op(P), t[1]];
S:= map(t -> ([op(t), 0], [op(t), -1]), S);
fi;
od;
if found then
A[n]:= min(map(x -> chrem(x, X), S[2..-1]));
else A[n]:= A[n-1]
fi;
od:
seq(A[i], i=1..50);
CROSSREFS
Cf. A003418.
Sequence in context: A088030 A101047 A251618 * A238691 A241721 A066491
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
J. M. Bergot and Robert Israel, Aug 15 2019
STATUS
approved