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A002961 Numbers n such that n and n+1 have same sum of divisors.
(Formerly M4950)
+0
19
14, 206, 957, 1334, 1364, 1634, 2685, 2974, 4364, 14841, 18873, 19358, 20145, 24957, 33998, 36566, 42818, 56564, 64665, 74918, 79826, 79833, 84134, 92685, 109214, 111506, 116937, 122073, 138237, 147454, 161001, 162602, 166934 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENT

For the values of n < 2*10^10 in this sequence, sigma(n)/n is between 1.5 and 2.25. - T. D. Noe, Sep 17 2007

REFERENCES

N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

M. Abramowitz and I. A. Stegun, eds., Handbook of Mathematical Functions, National Bureau of Standards Applied Math. Series 55, 1964 (and various reprintings), p. 840.

W. Sierpi\'{n}ski, A Selection of Problems in the Theory of Numbers. Macmillan, NY, 1964, p. 110.

R. K. Guy, Unsolved Problems in Theory of Numbers, Sect. B13.

LINKS

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=1..1378

M. Abramowitz and I. A. Stegun, eds., Handbook of Mathematical Functions, National Bureau of Standards, Applied Math. Series 55, Tenth Printing, 1972 [alternative scanned copy].

Lourdes Benito, Solutions of the problem of Erdos-Sierpinski: sigma(n)=sigma(n+1)

MAPLE

with(numtheory); P:=proc(n) local a, i; for i from 1 by 1 to n do a:=sigma(i)/sigma(i+1); if a=1 then print(i); fi; od; end: P(100000); - Paolo P. Lava (ppl(AT)spl.at), Aug 23 2007

MATHEMATICA

f[n_]:=DivisorSigma[1, n]; lst={}; Do[If[f[n]==f[n+1], AppendTo[lst, n]], {n, 9!}]; lst [From Vladimir Orlovsky (4vladimir(AT)gmail.com), Jul 22 2009]

CROSSREFS

A000203 (sigma function), A053215, A053249, A054004

Sequence in context: A068769 A113349 A109764 this_sequence A063071 A160682 A097261

Adjacent sequences: A002958 A002959 A002960 this_sequence A002962 A002963 A002964

KEYWORD

nonn,nice

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com), Mira Bernstein, Robert G. Wilson v (rgwv(AT)rgwv.com)

EXTENSIONS

More terms from Jud McCranie (j.mccranie(AT)comcast.net) Oct 15 1997

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