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A007368 Smallest k such that sigma(x) = k has exactly n solutions.
(Formerly M4829)
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6
2, 1, 12, 24, 96, 72, 168, 240, 336, 360, 504, 576, 1512, 1080, 1008, 720, 2304, 3600, 5376, 2520, 2160, 1440, 10416, 13392, 3360, 4032, 3024, 7056, 6720, 2880, 6480, 10800, 13104, 5040, 6048, 4320, 13440, 5760, 18720, 20736, 19152, 22680, 43680 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

0,1

COMMENT

It's not obvious that a(n) exists for all n; I'd like to see a proof. - David Wasserman (wasserma(AT)spawar.navy.mil), Jun 07 2002

Note that k-1 is frequently prime. See A115374 for the least prime. For each n, it appears that there are an infinite number of k such that sigma(x)=k has exactly n solutions. - T. D. Noe (noe(AT)sspectra.com), Jan 21 2006

According to Sierpinski, H. J. Kanold proved that there is a k such that sigma(x)=k has n or more solutions. Sierpinski states that Erdos proved that if, for some k, sigma(x)=k has exactly n solutions, then there are an infinite number of such k. - T. D. Noe (noe(AT)sspectra.com), Oct 18 2006

Index of the first occurrence of n in A054973. - Jaroslav Krizek (jaroslav.krizek(AT)atlas.cz), Apr 25 2009

REFERENCES

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.

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

LINKS

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=0..429

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].

W. Sierpi\'{n}ski, Elementary Theory of Numbers, Warszawa 1964, page 166.

EXAMPLE

a(10) = 504; {204, 220, 224, 246, 284, 286, 334, 415, 451, 503} is the set of x such that sigma(x) = 504.

MATHEMATICA

Needs["Statistics`DataManipulation`"]; s=DivisorSigma[1, Range[10^5]]; f=Frequencies[s]; fs=Sort[f]; tfs=Transpose[fs][[1]]; utfs=Union[tfs]; firstMissing=First[Complement[Range[Last[utfs]], utfs]]; pos=1; Table[While[tfs[[pos]]<n, pos++ ]; fs[[pos, 2]], {n, firstMissing-1}] (Noe)

CROSSREFS

Cf. A000203, A054973, A002191, A007609.

Cf. A115374 (least prime p such that sigma(x)=sigma(p) has exactly n solutions).

Cf. A007369, A007370, A007371, A007372 (n such that sigma(x)=k has 0, 1, 2 and 3 solutions).

Sequence in context: A045873 A110060 A061081 this_sequence A054677 A012929 A013161

Adjacent sequences: A007365 A007366 A007367 this_sequence A007369 A007370 A007371

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

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

EXTENSIONS

More terms from David W. Wilson (davidwwilson(AT) comcast.net).

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