Search: id:A095848 Results 1-1 of 1 results found. %I A095848 %S A095848 1,2,4,6,12,24,48,60,120,240,360,420,840,1680,2520,5040,10080,15120, %T A095848 25200,27720,55440,110880,166320,277200,360360,720720,1441440,2162160, %U A095848 3603600,7207200,10810800,12252240,24504480,36756720,61261200,122522400 %N A095848 Deeply composite numbers: numbers n where sigma_k(n) increases to a record for all sufficiently low values of k. %C A095848 Sigma_k(n) > sigma_k(m) for all m < n (where the function sigma_k(n) is the sum of the k-th powers of all divisors of n) for all or almost all negative values of k. %H A095848 Wikipedia, Table of divisors. %F A095848 For n>=4, a(n) is the smallest integer > a(n-1) such that the list of its divisors precedes the list of a(n-1)'s divisors in lexicographic order. %e A095848 The list of the divisors of a(6)=24, {1,2,3,4,6,8,12,24}, lexicographically precedes the list for the previous term in the sequence (in this case, {1,2,3,4,6,12}, the list for a(5)=12). Therefore 24 belongs in the sequence. 36 does not satisfy this requirement, as {1,2,3, 4,6,9 . . .} comes after {1,2,3,4,6,8 . . .} in lexicographic order. Since 8^k/9^k increases without limit as k decreases, sigma(36)_k < sigma(24)_k for almost all negative values of k; therefore 36 does not belong in the sequence. %Y A095848 Cf. A004394, A095849. %Y A095848 Sequence in context: A048115 A047151 A068010 this_sequence A136339 A019505 A135614 %Y A095848 Adjacent sequences: A095845 A095846 A095847 this_sequence A095849 A095850 A095851 %K A095848 nonn %O A095848 1,2 %A A095848 Matthew Vandermast (ghodges14(AT)comcast.net), Jun 09 2004 Search completed in 0.001 seconds