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A064538 a(n) is the smallest number such that a(n)*(1^n + 2^n + ... + x^n) is a polynomial in x with integer coefficients. +0
3
1, 2, 6, 4, 30, 12, 42, 24, 90, 20, 66, 24, 2730, 420, 90, 48, 510, 180, 3990, 840, 6930, 660, 690, 720, 13650, 1092, 378, 56, 870, 60, 14322, 7392, 117810, 7140, 210, 72, 1919190, 103740, 8190, 1680, 94710, 13860, 99330, 9240, 217350 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

0,2

COMMENT

Note 80% of first 45 entries are adjacent to at least one prime number. [From Bill R McEachen (bmceache(AT)centralsan.org), Jan 26 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. 804, Eq. 23.1.4.

LINKS

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=0..1000

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].

Dr. Math, summing n^k.

E. S. Rowland, Sums of Consecutive Powers

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Power Sum

EXAMPLE

1^3 + 2^3 + ... + x^3 = (x(x+1))^2/4 so a(3)=4.

MAPLE

A064538 := proc(n) local t1; t1 := eval((bernoulli(n+1, m+1)-bernoulli(n+1))/(n+1)); denominator(factor(t1)); end;

CROSSREFS

Sequence in context: A164020 A057643 A073039 this_sequence A002790 A108951 A108435

Adjacent sequences: A064535 A064536 A064537 this_sequence A064539 A064540 A064541

KEYWORD

nonn,nice,easy

AUTHOR

Floor van Lamoen (fvlamoen(AT)hotmail.com), Oct 08 2001

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