OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
The prime numbers are excluded from this sequence since tau_p(p) = p for all primes p.
The corresponding values of k are 3, 3, 5, 4, 4, 4, 5, 6, 4, 13, 4, 4, 10, 13, 37, 11, 22, 7, 13, 61, 73, 17, 37, 13, 46, 157, 58, 61, 193, 29, 9, 73, 277, 82, 37, 9, 313, ...
EXAMPLE
18 is in the sequence since tau_3(18) = A007425(18) = 18.
MATHEMATICA
fun[e_, k_] := Times @@ (Binomial[# + k - 1, k - 1] & /@ e); tau[n_, k_] := fun[ FactorInteger[n][[;; , 2]], k]; aQ[n_] := CompositeQ[n] && Module[{k = 2}, While[(t = tau[n, k]) < n, k++]; t == n]; Select[Range[10^5], aQ]
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Amiram Eldar, Sep 25 2019
STATUS
approved