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A055031
Numerator of (Sum(m^(n-1),m=1..n-1)+1)/n.
6
1, 1, 2, 37, 71, 2213, 9596, 1200305, 24684613, 287152493, 1355849266, 427675990237, 1032458258547, 228796942438201, 16841089312342856, 665478473553144001, 1653031004194447737, 631449646252135295657, 3167496749732497119310
OFFSET
1,3
REFERENCES
R. K. Guy, Unsolved Problems Number Theory, A17.
LINKS
MATHEMATICA
Table[Numerator[(Sum[m^(n - 1), {m, n - 1}] + 1)/n], {n, 50}] (* Indranil Ghosh, May 17 2017 *)
PROG
(PARI) a(n) = numerator((sum(m=1, n - 1, m^(n - 1)) + 1)/n); \\ Indranil Ghosh, May 17 2017
(Python)
from sympy import Integer
def a(n): return ((sum(m**(n - 1) for m in range(1, n)) + 1)/Integer(n)).numerator() # Indranil Ghosh, May 17 2017
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,frac
AUTHOR
N. J. A. Sloane, Jun 11 2000
STATUS
approved