A335372 a(0) = 0, a(1) = 1; for n > 1, a(n) = a(n-1) - A001065(n) if nonnegative and not already in the sequence, otherwise a(n) = a(n-1) + A001065(n), where A001065(n) is the sum of the proper divisors of n.

0, 1, 2, 3, 6, 5, 11, 10, 17, 13, 21, 20, 4, 5, 15, 24, 9, 8, 29, 28, 50, 39, 25, 26, 62, 56, 40, 27, 55, 54, 12, 13, 44, 59, 79, 66, 121, 120, 98, 81, 31, 30, 84, 83, 43, 76, 102, 101, 177, 169, 126, 105, 151, 150, 216, 199, 135, 112, 80, 81, 189, 188, 154, 113, 176, 157, 235, 234, 292

Offset

0,3

Comments

This sequences uses the same rules as Recamán's sequence A005132 except that, instead of adding or subtracting n each term, the sum of the proper divisors of n is used. See A001065.

For the first 10 million terms the smallest value not appearing is 46. As there are infinite abundant numbers it is likely that eventually all values are visited, although this is unknown.

In the same range the maximum value is a(9529524) = 65424507, and 633238 terms repeat a previously visited value, the first time this occurs is a(13) = a(5) = 5. The longest run of consecutive increasing terms is 8, starting at a(7069152) = 1040443, while the longest run of consecutive decreasing terms is 11, starting at a(106380) = 621777.

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=0..68.

Example

a(2) = 2. As 2 is prime A001065(2) = 1, and 1 has previously appeared, a(2) = a(1) + 1 = 2.
a(4) = 6. As A001065(4) = 1+2 = 3, and 0 has previously appeared, a(4) = a(3) + 3 = 6.
a(5) = 5. As 5 is prime A001065(5) = 1, and 5 has not previously appeared, a(5) = a(4) - 1 = 5.

Crossrefs

Cf. A005132, A001065, A335382, A336760, A336761, A000040.

Sequence in context: A378545 A350339 A039653 * A106379 A232929 A001634

Adjacent sequences: A335369 A335370 A335371 * A335373 A335374 A335375

Keyword

nonn

Author

Scott R. Shannon, Aug 16 2020

Status

approved