OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
The corresponding record gaps are 8, 10, 12, 14, 18, 34, 36, 48, 84, 132, 204, 216, 254, 312, 348, 360, 392, 468, 516, 528, 552, 598, 624, 638, 828, 852, 936, 1056, 1082, 1128, 1454, 1692, 1752, ... .
EXAMPLE
The first 5 admirable numbers are 12, 20, 24, 30 and 40. The differences between these terms are 8, 4, 6 and 10. The record gaps, 8 and 10, occur after the terms 12 and 30, which are the first two terms of this sequence.
MATHEMATICA
admQ[n_] := (ab = DivisorSigma[1, n] - 2 n) > 0 && EvenQ[ab] && ab/2 < n && Divisible[n, ab/2];
seq[kmax_] := Module[{s = {}, m = 12, dm = 0}, Do[If[admQ[k], d = k - m; If[d > dm, dm = d; AppendTo[s, m]]; m = k], {k, m + 1, kmax}]; s]; seq[10^6]
PROG
(PARI) isadm(n) = {my(ab=sigma(n)-2*n); ab>0 && ab%2 == 0 && ab/2 < n && n%(ab/2) == 0; }
lista(kmax) = {my(m = 12, dm = 0); for(k = m+1, kmax, if(isadm(k), d = k - m; if(d > dm, dm = d; print1(m, ", ")); m = k)); }
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Amiram Eldar, Aug 15 2023
STATUS
approved
