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A074399 Largest prime divisor of n(n+1). +0
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2, 3, 3, 5, 5, 7, 7, 3, 5, 11, 11, 13, 13, 7, 5, 17, 17, 19, 19, 7, 11, 23, 23, 5, 13, 13, 7, 29, 29, 31, 31, 11, 17, 17, 7, 37, 37, 19, 13, 41, 41, 43, 43, 11, 23, 47, 47, 7, 7, 17, 17, 53, 53, 11, 11, 19, 29, 59, 59, 61, 61, 31, 7, 13, 13, 67, 67, 23, 23, 71, 71, 73, 73, 37, 19 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENT

It follows from a 1908 theorem of Thue that a(n) -> infinity as n -> infinity.

FORMULA

Max (A006530(2n), A006530(2n+2)).

MATHEMATICA

Table[ Last[ Table[ # [[1]]] & /@ FactorInteger[n^2 - 1]], {n, 3, 160, 2}]

CROSSREFS

Bisection of A076605.

Cf. A037464. Essentially the same as A069902.

Sequence in context: A146071 A167411 A112823 this_sequence A090302 A093074 A136548

Adjacent sequences: A074396 A074397 A074398 this_sequence A074400 A074401 A074402

KEYWORD

nonn,easy

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com), Nov 29 2002

EXTENSIONS

Extended by Robert G. Wilson v (rgwv(AT)rgwv.com), Dec 02 2002

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