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A081973 a(1) = 1; a(n) = a(n-1) + sigma(a(n-1)) where sigma(k) = sum of the divisors of k. +0
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1, 2, 5, 11, 23, 47, 95, 215, 479, 959, 2063, 4127, 8255, 19007, 38327, 76655, 168647, 338663, 708263, 1453823, 3308543, 7154303, 14919599, 29910119, 59820239, 119676959, 239387375, 538142975, 1205440295, 2651968655, 6663140495 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

1,2

COMMENT

a(n+1)/a(n) >= 2 for all n. Is a(n+1)/a(n) bounded? Up to n=160, the maximum value is a(31)/a(30)=2.5125261124174184479... - Benoit Cloitre (benoit7848c(AT)orange.fr), Apr 17 2003

a(n) == 23 (mod 24) for all n>=5. - Dean Hickerson (dean(AT)math.ucdavis.edu), Apr 20 2003

LINKS

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=1..200

MATHEMATICA

a[1]=1; a[n_] := a[n]=a[n-1]+DivisorSigma[1, a[n-1]]

CROSSREFS

Sequence in context: A086219 A055010 A083329 this_sequence A055496 A105120 A084403

Adjacent sequences: A081970 A081971 A081972 this_sequence A081974 A081975 A081976

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Amarnath Murthy (amarnath_murthy(AT)yahoo.com), Apr 03 2003

EXTENSIONS

More terms from Gabriel Cunningham (gcasey(AT)mit.edu), Apr 07 2003

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