OFFSET
1,4
COMMENTS
We conjecture that a(n) < log(n+1)/log(1.2).
LINKS
Sam Chapman, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
MATHEMATICA
s={4}; g={}; Do[G=GCD[s[[-1]], n]; AppendTo[s, If[G==1, s[[-1]]+n, n/G]]; AppendTo[g, G], {n, 86}]; g (* James C. McMahon, Mar 30 2026 *)
PROG
(PARI) lista(nn) = my(v = vector(nn)); v[1] = 4; for (n=2, nn, my(g=gcd(v[n-1], n-1)); if (g==1, v[n] = v[n-1] + n-1, v[n] = (n-1)/g); ); vector(#v, n, gcd(v[n], n)); \\ Michel Marcus, Mar 26 2026
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Sam Chapman, Mar 16 2026
STATUS
approved
