A002961 Numbers k such that k and k+1 have same sum of divisors.

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

Offset: 1

Author

N. J. A. Sloane, Mira Bernstein, Robert G. Wilson v

Keywords

• nonn
• nice

Comments

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

Whether this sequence is infinite is an unsolved problem, as noted in many of the references and links. - Franklin T. Adams-Watters, Jan 25 2010

144806446575 is the first term for which sigma(n)/n > 2.25. All n < 10^12 have sigma(n)/n > 3/2. - T. D. Noe, Feb 18 2010

A053222(a(n)) = 0. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Dec 28 2011

Numbers n such that n + 1 = antisigma(n+1) - antisigma(n), where antisigma(n) = A024816(n) = the sum of the non-divisors of n that are between 1 and n. Example for n = 14: 15 = antisigma(15) - antisigma(14) = 96 - 81. - Jaroslav Krizek, Nov 10 2013

Up to 10^13, the value of the sigma(n)/n varies between 1417728000/945151999 (attained for n = 2835455997) and 2913242112/1263730145 (for n = 5174974943775). - Giovanni Resta, Feb 26 2014

Also numbers n such that A242962(n) = A242962(n+1), with A242962(n) = T(n) mod antisigma(n), where T(n) = A000217(n) is the n-th triangular number and antisigma(n) = A024816(n) is the sum of numbers less than n which do not divide n. - Jaroslav Krizek, May 29 2014

Guy and Shanks construct 5559060136088313 as a term of this sequence. - Michel Marcus, Dec 29 2014

Note that in all cases, n and n+1 are composite. - Zak Seidov, May 03 2016

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.
• R. K. Guy, Unsolved Problems in Theory of Numbers, Sect. B13.
• W. Sierpiński, A Selection of Problems in the Theory of Numbers. Macmillan, NY, 1964, p. 110.
• N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

Links

• Giovanni Resta, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10135 (terms < 10^13; first 4804 terms from T. D. Noe)
• 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].
• Jonathan Bayless and Paul Kinlaw, On repeated values of sigma and multiperfect numbers, Journal of Combinatorics and Number Theory, Vol. 7, No. 3 (2015), pp. 177-189.
• Lourdes Benito, Solutions of the problem of Erdős-Sierpiński: sigma(n)=sigma(n+1), arXiv:0707.2190 [math.NT], 2007.
• Richard Guy and Daniel Shanks, A Constructed Solution of sigma(n) = sigma(n+1), The Fibonacci Quarterly, Volume 12, Number 3, October 1974, 299.
• A. Makowski, On Some Equations Involving Functions phi(n) and sigma(n), The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 67, No. 7 (Aug. - Sep., 1960), pp. 668-670.
• N. J. A. Sloane & D. Singmaster, Correspondence 1972.
• Andreas Weingartner, On the Solutions of sigma(n) = sigma(n+k), Journal of Integer Sequences, Vol. 14 (2011), #11.5.5.

Crossrefs

Cf. A000203 (sigma function), A053215, A053249, A054004

Cf. A007373, A015861, A015863, A015865, A015866, A015867, A015876, A015877, A015880, A015881, A015882, A015883, A181647. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Nov 03 2010

Cf. A238380.

Programs

Haskell

import Data.List (elemIndices)
a002961 n = a002961_list !! (n-1)
a002961_list = map (+ 1) $ elemIndices 0 a053222_list
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Dec 28 2011

Mathematica

Flatten[Position[Partition[DivisorSigma[1,Range[170000]],2,1],{x_,x_}]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Aug 08 2011 *)
SequencePosition[DivisorSigma[1,Range[200000]],{x_,x_}][[All,1]] (* Requires Mathematica version 10 or later *) (* Harvey P. Dale, Mar 06 2018 *)

PARI

t1=sigma(1);for(n=2,1e6,t2=sigma(n);if(t2==t1,print1(n-1", "));t1=t2) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Jul 15 2011

Formula

Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) is in the interval (0.080958, 610837) (Bayless and Kinlaw, 2015). - Amiram Eldar, Oct 15 2020

Extensions

More terms from Jud McCranie, Oct 15 1997