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A000005 d(n) (also called tau(n) or sigma_0(n)), the number of divisors of n.

1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 4, 2, 4, 3, 4, 2, 6, 2, 4, 4, 5, 2, 6, 2, 6, 4, 4, 2, 8, 3, 4, 4, 6, 2, 8, 2, 6, 4, 4, 4, 9, 2, 4, 4, 8, 2, 8, 2, 6, 6, 4, 2, 10, 3, 6, 4, 6, 2, 8, 4, 8, 4, 4, 2, 12, 2, 4, 6, 7, 4, 8, 2, 6, 4, 8, 2, 12, 2, 4, 6, 6, 4, 8, 2, 10, 5, 4, 2, 12, 4, 4, 4, 8, 2, 12, 4, 6, 4, 4, 4, 12, 2, 6, 6, 9, 2, 8, 2, 8

Offset: 1

N. J. A. Sloane

If the canonical factorization of n into prime powers is Product p^e(p) then d(n) = Product (e(p) + 1). More generally, for k > 0, sigma_k(n) = Product_p ((p^((e(p)+1)*k))-1)/(p^k-1) is the sum of the k-th powers of the divisors of n.
Number of ways to write n as n = x*y, 1 <= x <= n, 1 <= y <= n. For number of unordered solutions to x*y=n, see A038548.
Note that d(n) is not the number of Pythagorean triangles with radius of the inscribed circle equal to n (that is A078644). For number of primitive Pythagorean triangles having inradius n, see A068068(n).
Number of factors in the factorization of the polynomial x^n-1 over the integers. - T. D. Noe, Apr 16 2003
Also equal to the number of partitions p of n such that all the parts have the same cardinality, i.e., max(p)=min(p). - Giovanni Resta, Feb 06 2006
Equals A127093 as an infinite lower triangular matrix * the harmonic series, [1/1, 1/2, 1/3, ...]. - Gary W. Adamson, May 10 2007
For odd n, this is the number of partitions of n into consecutive integers. Proof: For n = 1, clearly true. For n = 2k + 1, k >= 1, map each (necessarily odd) divisor to such a partition as follows: For 1 and n, map k + (k+1) and n, respectively. For any remaining divisor d <= sqrt(n), map (n/d - (d-1)/2) + ... + (n/d - 1) + (n/d) + (n/d + 1) + ... + (n/d + (d-1)/2) {i.e., n/d plus (d-1)/2 pairs each summing to 2n/d}. For any remaining divisor d > sqrt(n), map ((d-1)/2 - (n/d - 1)) + ... + ((d-1)/2 - 1) + (d-1)/2 + (d+1)/2 + ((d+1)/2 + 1) + ... + ((d+1)/2 + (n/d - 1)) {i.e., n/d pairs each summing to d}. As all such partitions must be of one of the above forms, the 1-to-1 correspondence and proof is complete. - Rick L. Shepherd, Apr 20 2008
Number of subgroups of the cyclic group of order n. - Benoit Jubin, Apr 29 2008
Equals row sums of triangle A143319. - Gary W. Adamson, Aug 07 2008
Equals row sums of triangle A159934, equivalent to generating a(n) by convolving A000005 prefaced with a 1; (1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, ...) with the INVERTi transform of A000005, (A159933): (1, 1,-1, 0, -1, 2, ...). Example: a(6) = 4 = (1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2) dot (2, -1, 0, -1, 1, 1) = (2, -1, 0, -2, 3, 2) = 4. - Gary W. Adamson, Apr 26 2009
Number of times n appears in an n X n multiplication table. - Dominick Cancilla, Aug 02 2010
Number of k >= 0 such that (k^2 + k*n + k)/(k + 1) is an integer. - Juri-Stepan Gerasimov, Oct 25 2015
The only numbers k such that tau(k) >= k/2 are 1,2,3,4,6,8,12. - Michael De Vlieger, Dec 14 2016
a(n) is also the number of partitions of 2*n into equal parts, minus the number of partitions of 2*n into consecutive parts. - Omar E. Pol, May 03 2017
From Tomohiro Yamada, Oct 27 2020: (Start)
Let k(n) = log d(n)*log log n/(log 2 * log n), then lim sup k(n) = 1 (Hardy and Wright, Chapter 18, Theorem 317) and k(n) <= k(6983776800) = 1.537939... (the constant A280235) for every n (Nicolas and Robin, 1983).
There exist infinitely many n such that d(n) = d(n+1) (Heath-Brown, 1984). The number of such integers n <= x is at least c*x/(log log x)^3 (Hildebrand, 1987) but at most O(x/sqrt(log log x)) (Erdős, Carl Pomerance and Sárközy, 1987). (End)
Number of 2D grids of n congruent rectangles with two different side lengths, in a rectangle, modulo rotation (cf. A038548 for squares instead of rectangles). Also number of ways to arrange n identical objects in a rectangle (NOT modulo rotation, cf. A038548 for modulo rotation); cf. A007425 and A140773 for the 3D case. - Manfred Boergens, Jun 08 2021
The constant quoted above from Nicolas and Robin, 6983776800 = 2^5 * 3^3 * 5^2 * 7 * 11 * 13 * 17 * 19, appears arbitrary, but interestingly equals 2 * A095849(36). That second factor is highly composite and deeply composite. - Hal M. Switkay, Aug 08 2025

			G.f. = x + 2*x^2 + 2*x^3 + 3*x^4 + 2*x^5 + 4*x^6 + 2*x^7 + 4*x^8 + 3*x^9 + ...

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.
T. M. Apostol, Introduction to Analytic Number Theory, Springer-Verlag, 1976, page 38.
G. Chrystal, Algebra: An elementary text-book for the higher classes of secondary schools and for colleges, 6th ed, Chelsea Publishing Co., New York 1959 Part II, p. 345, Exercise XXI(16). MR0121327 (22 #12066)
G. H. Hardy, Ramanujan: twelve lectures on subjects suggested by his life and work, Cambridge, University Press, 1940, p. 55.
G. H. Hardy and E. M. Wright, revised by D. R. Heath-Brown and J. H. Silverman, An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers, 6th ed., Oxford Univ. Press, 2008.
K. Knopp, Theory and Application of Infinite Series, Blackie, London, 1951, p. 451.
D. S. Mitrinovic et al., Handbook of Number Theory, Kluwer, Chap. II. (For inequalities, etc.)
S. Ramanujan, Collected Papers, Ed. G. H. Hardy et al., Cambridge 1927; Chelsea, NY, 1962. Has many references to this sequence. - N. J. A. Sloane, Jun 02 2014
N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
B. Spearman and K. S. Williams, Handbook of Estimates in the Theory of Numbers, Carleton Math. Lecture Note Series No. 14, 1975; see p. 2.1.
James J. Tattersall, Elementary Number Theory in Nine Chapters, Cambridge University Press, 1999, page 285.
E. C. Titchmarsh, The Theory of Functions, Oxford, 1938, p. 160.
Terence Tao, Poincaré's Legacies, Part I, Amer. Math. Soc., 2009, see pp. 31ff for upper bounds on d(n).

Daniel Forgues, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..100000 (first 10000 terms from N. J. A. Sloane)
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G. E. Andrews, Some debts I owe, Séminaire Lotharingien de Combinatoire, Paper B42a, Issue 42, 2000; see (7.1).
J. Bell, Lambert series in analytic number theory
R. Bellman and H. N. Shapiro, On a problem in additive number theory, Annals Math., 49 (1948), 333-340. [From _N. J. A. Sloane_, Mar 12 2009]
Henry Bottomley, Illustration of initial terms
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C. K. Caldwell, The Prime Glossary, Number of divisors
Imanuel Chen and Michael Z. Spivey, Integral Generalized Binomial Coefficients of Multiplicative Functions, Preprint 2015; Summer Research Paper 238, Univ. Puget Sound.
Jimmy Devillet and Gergely Kiss, Characterizations of biselective operations, arXiv:1806.02073 [math.RA], 2018.
P. Erdős and L. Mirsky, The distribution of values of the divisor function d(n), Proc. London Math. Soc. 2 (1952), pp. 257-271.
Paul Erdős, Carl Pomerance and András Sárközy, On locally repeated values of certain arithmetic functions, III, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 101 (1987), 1-7.
C. R. Fletcher, Rings of small order, Math. Gaz. vol. 64, p. 13, 1980.
Robbert Fokkink and Jan van Neerven, Problemen/UWC (in Dutch)
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J. J. Holt and J. W. Jones, Counting Divisors, Discovering Number Theory, Section 1.4.
P. A. MacMahon, Divisors of numbers and their continuations in the theory of partitions, Proc. London Math. Soc., 19 (1919), 75-113.
M. Maia and M. Mendez, On the arithmetic product of combinatorial species, arXiv:math/0503436 [math.CO], 2005.
R. G. Martinez, Jr., The Factor Zone, Number of Factors for 1 through 600.
Math Forum, Divisor Counting.
Mathematics Stack Exchange, A question on discrete Fourier Transform of some function
K. Matthews, Factorizing n and calculating phi(n), omega(n), d(n), sigma(n) and mu(n).
Mircea Merca, A new look on the generating function for the number of divisors, Journal of Number Theory, Volume 149, April 2015, Pages 57-69.
Mircea Merca, Combinatorial interpretations of a recent convolution for the number of divisors of a positive integer, Journal of Number Theory, Volume 160, March 2016, Pages 60-75, corollary 2.1.
J. L. Nicolas and G. Robin, Majorations Explicites Pour le Nombre de Diviseurs de N, Canadian Mathematical Bulletin, Volume 26, Issue 4, 01 December 1983, pp. 485-492.
Matthew Parker, The first 25 million terms (7-Zip compressed file).
Ed Pegg, Jr., Sequence Pictures, Math Games column, Dec 08 2003.
Ed Pegg, Jr., Sequence Pictures, Math Games column, Dec 08 2003. [Cached copy, with permission (pdf only)]
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H. B. Reiter, Counting Divisors.
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Terence Tao, Poincaré's Legacies: pages from year two of a mathematical blog, see page 59.
E. C. Titchmarsh, On a series of Lambert type, J. London Math. Soc., 13 (1938), 248-253.
Keisuke Uchimura, An identity for the divisor generating function arising from sorting theory, J. Combin. Theory Ser. A 31 (1981), no. 2, 131--135. MR0629588 (82k:05015)
Wang Zheng Bing, Robert Fokkink and Wan Fokkink, A Relation Between Partitions and the Number of Divisors, Am. Math. Monthly, 102 (Apr., 1995), no. 4, 345-347.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Binomial Number, Dirichlet Series Generating Function, Divisor Function, and Moebius Transform.
Wikipedia, Table of divisors.
Wolfram Research, Divisors of first 50 numbers
Index entries for "core" sequences
Index entries for sequences computed from exponents in factorization of n

See A002183, A002182 for records. See A000203 for the sum-of-divisors function sigma(n).
For partial sums see A006218.
Cf. A007427 (Dirichlet Inverse), A001227, A001826, A001842, A005237, A005238, A006558, A006601, A019273, A027750, A034296, A039665, A049051, A049820, A051731, A061017, A066446, A091202, A091220, A106737, A115361, A127093, A129372, A129510, A143319, A156552, A159933, A159934, A163280, A183063, A237665, A263730.
Factorizations into given number of factors: writing n = x*y (A038548, unordered, A000005, ordered), n = x*y*z (A034836, unordered, A007425, ordered), n = w*x*y*z (A007426, ordered).
Cf. A000010, A095849.
Cf. A098198 (Dgf at s=2), A183030 (Dgf at s=3), A183031 (Dgf at s=3).

List([1..150],n->Tau(n)); # Muniru A Asiru, Mar 05 2019

divisors 1 = [1]
divisors n = (1:filter ((==0) . rem n)
               [2..n `div` 2]) ++ [n]
a = length . divisors
-- James Spahlinger, Oct 07 2012

a000005 = product . map (+ 1) . a124010_row  -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 12 2013

function tau(n)
    i = 2; num = 1
    while i * i <= n
        if rem(n, i) == 0
            e = 0
            while rem(n, i) == 0
                e += 1
                n = div(n, i)
            end
            num *= e + 1
        end
        i += 1
    end
    return n > 1 ? num + num : num
end
println([tau(n) for n in 1:104])  # Peter Luschny, Sep 03 2023

[ NumberOfDivisors(n) : n in [1..100] ]; // Sergei Haller (sergei(AT)sergei-haller.de), Dec 21 2006

with(numtheory): A000005 := tau; [ seq(tau(n), n=1..100) ];

Table[DivisorSigma[0, n], {n, 100}] (* Enrique Pérez Herrero, Aug 27 2009 *)
CoefficientList[Series[(Log[1 - q] + QPolyGamma[1, q])/(q Log[q]), {q, 0, 100}], q] (* Vladimir Reshetnikov, Apr 23 2013 *)
a[ n_] := SeriesCoefficient[ (QPolyGamma[ 1, q] + Log[1 - q]) / Log[q], {q, 0, Abs@n}]; (* Michael Somos, Apr 25 2013 *)
a[ n_] := SeriesCoefficient[ q/(1 - q)^2 QHypergeometricPFQ[ {q, q}, {q^2, q^2}, q, q^2], {q, 0, Abs@n}]; (* Michael Somos, Mar 05 2014 *)
a[n_] := SeriesCoefficient[q/(1 - q) QHypergeometricPFQ[{q, q}, {q^2}, q, q], {q, 0, Abs@n}] (* Mats Granvik, Apr 15 2015 *)
With[{M=500},CoefficientList[Series[(2x)/(1-x)-Sum[x^k (1-2x^k)/(1-x^k),{k,M}],{x,0,M}],x]] (* Mamuka Jibladze, Aug 31 2018 *)

numlib::tau (n)$ n=1..90 // Zerinvary Lajos, May 13 2008

{a(n) = if( n==0, 0, numdiv(n))}; /* Michael Somos, Apr 27 2003 */

{a(n) = n=abs(n); if( n<1, 0, direuler( p=2, n, 1 / (1 - X)^2)[n])}; /* Michael Somos, Apr 27 2003 */

{a(n)=polcoeff(sum(m=1, n+1, sumdiv(m, d, (-log(1-x^(m/d) +x*O(x^n) ))^d/d!)), n)} \\ Paul D. Hanna, Aug 21 2014

from sympy import divisor_count
for n in range(1, 20): print(divisor_count(n), end=', ') # Stefano Spezia, Nov 05 2018

[sigma(n, 0) for n in range(1, 105)]  # Zerinvary Lajos, Jun 04 2009

If n is written as 2^z*3^y*5^x*7^w*11^v*... then a(n)=(z+1)*(y+1)*(x+1)*(w+1)*(v+1)*...
a(n) = 2 iff n is prime.
G.f.: Sum_{n >= 1} a(n) x^n = Sum_{k>0} x^k/(1-x^k). This is usually called THE Lambert series (see Knopp, Titchmarsh).
a(n) = A083888(n) + A083889(n) + A083890(n) + A083891(n) + A083892(n) + A083893(n) + A083894(n) + A083895(n) + A083896(n).
a(n) = A083910(n) + A083911(n) + A083912(n) + A083913(n) + A083914(n) + A083915(n) + A083916(n) + A083917(n) + A083918(n) + A083919(n).
Multiplicative with a(p^e) = e+1. - David W. Wilson, Aug 01 2001
a(n) <= 2 sqrt(n) [see Mitrinovich, p. 39, also A046522].
a(n) is odd iff n is a square. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Dec 29 2001
a(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} f(k, n) where f(k, n) = 1 if k divides n, 0 otherwise (Mobius transform of A000012). Equivalently, f(k, n) = (1/k)*Sum_{l=1..k} z(k, l)^n with z(k, l) the k-th roots of unity. - Ralf Stephan, Dec 25 2002
G.f.: Sum_{k>0} ((-1)^(k+1) * x^(k * (k + 1)/2) / ((1 - x^k) * Product_{i=1..k} (1 - x^i))). - Michael Somos, Apr 27 2003
a(n) = n - Sum_{k=1..n} (ceiling(n/k) - floor(n/k)). - Benoit Cloitre, May 11 2003
a(n) = A032741(n) + 1 = A062011(n)/2 = A054519(n) - A054519(n-1) = A006218(n) - A006218(n-1) = 1 + Sum_{k=1..n-1} A051950(k+1). - Ralf Stephan, Mar 26 2004
G.f.: Sum_{k>0} x^(k^2)*(1+x^k)/(1-x^k). Dirichlet g.f.: zeta(s)^2. - Michael Somos, Apr 05 2003
Sequence = M*V where M = A129372 as an infinite lower triangular matrix and V = ruler sequence A001511 as a vector: [1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 2, 1, 4, ...]. - Gary W. Adamson, Apr 15 2007
Sequence = M*V, where M = A115361 is an infinite lower triangular matrix and V = A001227, the number of odd divisors of n, is a vector: [1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, ...]. - Gary W. Adamson, Apr 15 2007
Row sums of triangle A051731. - Gary W. Adamson, Nov 02 2007
Sum_{n>0} a(n)/(n^n) = Sum_{n>0, m>0} 1/(n*m). - Gerald McGarvey, Dec 15 2007
Logarithmic g.f.: Sum_{n>=1} a(n)/n * x^n = -log( Product_{n>=1} (1-x^n)^(1/n) ). - Joerg Arndt, May 03 2008
a(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} (floor(n/k) - floor((n-1)/k)). - Enrique Pérez Herrero, Aug 27 2009
a(s) = 2^omega(s), if s > 1 is a squarefree number (A005117) and omega(s) is: A001221. - Enrique Pérez Herrero, Sep 08 2009
a(n) = A048691(n) - A055205(n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Dec 08 2009
For n > 1, a(n) = 2 + Sum_{k=2..n-1} floor((cos(Pi*n/k))^2). And floor((cos(Pi*n/k))^2) = floor(1/4 * e^(-(2*i*Pi*n)/k) + 1/4 * e^((2*i*Pi*n)/k) + 1/2). - Eric Desbiaux, Mar 09 2010, corrected Apr 16 2011
a(n) = 1 + Sum_{k=1..n} (floor(2^n/(2^k-1)) mod 2) for every n. - Fabio Civolani (civox(AT)tiscali.it), Mar 12 2010
From Vladimir Shevelev, May 22 2010: (Start)
(Sum_{d|n} a(d))^2 = Sum_{d|n} a(d)^3 (J. Liouville).
Sum_{d|n} A008836(d)*a(d)^2 = A008836(n)*Sum_{d|n} a(d). (End)
a(n) = sigma_0(n) = 1 + Sum_{m>=2} Sum_{r>=1} (1/m^(r+1))*Sum_{j=1..m-1} Sum_{k=0..m^(r+1)-1} e^(2*k*Pi*i*(n+(m-j)*m^r)/m^(r+1)). - A. Neves, Oct 04 2010
a(n) = 2*A038548(n) - A010052(n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Mar 08 2013
Sum_{n>=1} a(n)*q^n = (log(1-q) + psi_q(1)) / log(q), where psi_q(z) is the q-digamma function. - Vladimir Reshetnikov, Apr 23 2013
a(n) = Product_{k = 1..A001221(n)} (A124010(n,k) + 1). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 12 2013
a(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} A238133(k)*A000041(n-k). - Mircea Merca, Feb 18 2013
G.f.: Sum_{k>=1} Sum_{j>=1} x^(j*k). - Mats Granvik, Jun 15 2013
The formula above is obtained by expanding the Lambert series Sum_{k>=1} x^k/(1-x^k). - Joerg Arndt, Mar 12 2014
G.f.: Sum_{n>=1} Sum_{d|n} ( -log(1 - x^(n/d)) )^d / d!. - Paul D. Hanna, Aug 21 2014
2*Pi*a(n) = Sum_{m=1..n} Integral_{x=0..2*Pi} r^(m-n)( cos((m-n)*x)-r^m cos(n*x) )/( 1+r^(2*m)-2r^m cos(m*x) )dx, 0 < r < 1 a free parameter. This formula is obtained as the sum of the residues of the Lambert series Sum_{k>=1} x^k/(1-x^k). - Seiichi Kirikami, Oct 22 2015
a(n) = A091220(A091202(n)) = A106737(A156552(n)). - Antti Karttunen, circa 2004 & Mar 06 2017
a(n) = A034296(n) - A237665(n+1) [Wang, Fokkink, Fokkink]. - George Beck, May 06 2017
G.f.: 2*x/(1-x) - Sum_{k>0} x^k*(1-2*x^k)/(1-x^k). - Mamuka Jibladze, Aug 29 2018
a(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} 1/phi(n / gcd(n, k)). - Daniel Suteu, Nov 05 2018
a(k*n) = a(n)*(f(k,n)+2)/(f(k,n)+1), where f(k,n) is the exponent of the highest power of k dividing n and k is prime. - Gary Detlefs, Feb 08 2019
a(n) = 2*log(p(n))/log(n), n > 1, where p(n)= the product of the factors of n = A007955(n). - Gary Detlefs, Feb 15 2019
a(n) = (1/n) * Sum_{k=1..n} sigma(gcd(n,k)), where sigma(n) = sum of divisors of n. - Orges Leka, May 09 2019
a(n) = A001227(n)*(A007814(n) + 1) = A001227(n)*A001511(n). - Ivan N. Ianakiev, Nov 14 2019
From Richard L. Ollerton, May 11 2021: (Start)
a(n) = A038040(n) / n = (1/n)*Sum_{d|n} phi(d)*sigma(n/d), where phi = A000010 and sigma = A000203.
a(n) = (1/n)*Sum_{k=1..n} phi(gcd(n,k))*sigma(n/gcd(n,k))/phi(n/gcd(n,k)). (End)
From Ridouane Oudra, Nov 12 2021: (Start)
a(n) = Sum_{j=1..n} Sum_{k=1..j} (1/j)*cos(2*k*n*Pi/j);
a(n) = Sum_{j=1..n} Sum_{k=1..j} (1/j)*e^(2*k*n*Pi*i/j), where i^2=-1. (End)

Incorrect formula deleted by Ridouane Oudra, Oct 28 2021

A005238 Numbers k such that k, k+1 and k+2 have the same number of divisors.

Original entry on oeis.org

33, 85, 93, 141, 201, 213, 217, 230, 242, 243, 301, 374, 393, 445, 603, 633, 663, 697, 902, 921, 1041, 1105, 1137, 1261, 1274, 1309, 1334, 1345, 1401, 1641, 1761, 1832, 1837, 1885, 1893, 1924, 1941, 1981, 2013, 2054, 2101, 2133, 2181, 2217, 2264, 2305

Offset: 1

N. J. A. Sloane

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.
J.-M. De Koninck, Ces nombres qui nous fascinent, Entry 33, pp. 12, Ellipses, Paris 2008.
R. K. Guy, Unsolved Problems in Number Theory, B18.
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

Amiram Eldar, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000 (terms 1..1000 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].

Cf. A000005, A005237, A006601, A049051, A006558, A019273, A039665, A051950.

import Data.List (elemIndices)
a005238 n = a005238_list !! (n-1)
a005238_list = map (+ 1) $ elemIndices 0 $ zipWith (+) ds $ tail ds where
   ds = map abs $ zipWith (-) (tail a000005_list) a000005_list
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Oct 03 2012

Select[Range[2500],DivisorSigma[0,#]==DivisorSigma[0,#+1] == DivisorSigma[ 0,#+2]&] (* Harvey P. Dale, Nov 12 2012 *)
Flatten[Position[Partition[DivisorSigma[0,Range[2500]],3,1],{x_,x_,x_}]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jul 06 2015 *)
SequencePosition[DivisorSigma[0,Range[2500]],{x_,x_,x_}][[All,1]] (* Requires Mathematica version 10 or later *) (* Harvey P. Dale, Jul 03 2017 *)

is(n)=my(d=numdiv(n)); numdiv(n+1)==d && numdiv(n+2)==d \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Feb 06 2017

More terms from Olivier Gérard

A307704 Expansion of (1/(1 - x)) * Sum_{k>=1} (-x)^k/(1 - (-x)^k).

Original entry on oeis.org

-1, 1, -1, 2, 0, 4, 2, 6, 3, 7, 5, 11, 9, 13, 9, 14, 12, 18, 16, 22, 18, 22, 20, 28, 25, 29, 25, 31, 29, 37, 35, 41, 37, 41, 37, 46, 44, 48, 44, 52, 50, 58, 56, 62, 56, 60, 58, 68, 65, 71, 67, 73, 71, 79, 75, 83, 79, 83, 81, 93, 91, 95, 89, 96, 92, 100, 98, 104, 100, 108

Offset: 1

Ilya Gutkovskiy, Apr 22 2019

sign

Amiram Eldar, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
László Tóth, Alternating Sums Concerning Multiplicative Arithmetic Functions, Journal of Integer Sequences, Vol. 20 (2017), Article 17.2.1.

Cf. A000005, A006218, A051950, A059851, A068762, A068773, A092405, A263084 (bisection).

Cf. A001620 (gamma), A002162.

nmax = 70; Rest[CoefficientList[Series[1/(1 - x) Sum[(-x)^k/(1 - (-x)^k), {k, 1, nmax}], {x, 0, nmax}], x]]
Table[Sum[(-1)^k DivisorSigma[0, k], {k, 1, n}], {n, 1, 70}]
Accumulate[Array[(-1)^#*DivisorSigma[0, #] &, 70]] (* Amiram Eldar, Oct 14 2022 *)

a(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} (-1)^k*A000005(k).

a(n) = n*log(n)/2 + (gamma - log(2) - 1/2)*n + O(n^(131/416 + eps)) (Tóth, 2017). - Amiram Eldar, Oct 14 2022

A055927 Numbers k such that k + 1 has one more divisor than k.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 3, 9, 15, 25, 63, 121, 195, 255, 361, 483, 729, 841, 1443, 3363, 3481, 3721, 5041, 6241, 10201, 15625, 17161, 18224, 19321, 24963, 31683, 32761, 39601, 58564, 59049, 65535, 73441, 88208, 110889, 121801, 143641, 145923, 149769, 167281

Offset: 1

Labos Elemer, Jul 21 2000

nonn

Numbers k such that d(k+1) - d(k) = 1, where d(k) is A000005(k), the number of divisors.
Numbers k such that A049820(k) = A049820(k+1). - Jaroslav Krizek, Feb 10 2014
Numbers k such that A051950(k+1) = 1. - Danny Rorabaugh, Oct 05 2017

			a(4) = 15, as 15 has 4 and 16 has 5 divisors. a(6) = 63, as 63 and 64 have 6 and 7 divisors respectively.

Giovanni Resta, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000 (first 1000 terms from Donovan Johnson)

Numbers where repetition occurs in A049820.

Cf. A000005, A006073, A045983, A049820, A075044.

Select[ Range[ 200000], DivisorSigma[0, # ] + 1 == DivisorSigma[0, # + 1] &]
Position[Differences[DivisorSigma[0,Range[170000]]],1]//Flatten (* Harvey P. Dale, Jul 06 2025 *)

for(n=1,1000,if(numdiv(n+1)-numdiv(n)==1,print1(n,", "))); /* Joerg Arndt, Apr 09 2011 */

More terms from David W. Wilson, Sep 06 2000, who remarks that every element is of form n^2 or n^2 - 1.

A341062 Sequence whose partial sums give A000005.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 0, 1, -1, 2, -2, 2, -1, 1, -2, 4, -4, 2, 0, 1, -3, 4, -4, 4, -2, 0, -2, 6, -5, 1, 0, 2, -4, 6, -6, 4, -2, 0, 0, 5, -7, 2, 0, 4, -6, 6, -6, 4, 0, -2, -2, 8, -7, 3, -2, 2, -4, 6, -4, 4, -4, 0, -2, 10, -10, 2, 2, 1, -3, 4, -6, 4, -2, 4, -6, 10, -10, 2, 2, 0, -2, 4, -6, 8, -5, -1, -2, 10, -8, 0, 0, 4, -6, 10

Offset: 1

Omar E. Pol, Feb 04 2021

Essentially a duplicate of A051950.
Convolved with A000041 gives A138137.
Convolved with A000027 gives the nonzero terms of A006218.
Convolved with A000070 gives the nonzero terms of A006128.
Convolved with A014153 gives the nonzero terms of A284870.
Convolved with A036469 gives the nonzero terms of A305082.
Convolved with the nonzero terms of A006218 gives A055507.
Convolved with the nonzero terms of A000217 gives the nonzero terms of A078567.

1 together with A051950.
Cf. A000005 (partial sums).
Cf. A000027, A000041, A000070, A000217, A006128, A006218, A014153, A036469, A055507, A078567, A138137, A284870, A305082, A340793.

Join[{1}, Differences[Table[DivisorSigma[0, n], {n, 1, 90}]]] (* Amiram Eldar, Feb 06 2021 *)

a(n) = A051950(n) for n > 1.

A361897 Leading terms of the rows of the array in A362450; or, Gilbreath transform of tau (A000005).

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0

Offset: 1

Wayman Eduardo Luy and Robert G. Wilson v, Mar 28 2023

Conjecture: All terms are either 0 or 1. Verified to a(10^7).
Inspired by Gilbreath's conjecture, A036262.
Using the terminology of A362451, this is the Gilbreath transform of tau (A000005). - N. J. A. Sloane, May 05 2023

			Table begins (conjecture is leading terms are 0 or 1):
1 2 2 3 2 4 2 4 3 4 2 6 2 4 4 5 2 6 2 6 4 4 2 8 3 4 4 6 2 8 2 6 4 4 4 9 2 4 4 ...
 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 4 4 2 0 1 3 4 4 4 2 0 2 6 5 1 0 2 4 6 6 4 2 0 0 5 7 2 0 ...
  1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 2 2 2 4 1 4 1 2 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 5 2 5 2 4 ...
   0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 3 3 3 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 5 3 3 3 2 ...
    1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 ...
     1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 ...
      1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 ...
       0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
        0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
         0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
          0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 ...
           1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 ...
etc.
...
The first two rows are A000005, abs(A051950). The full table, read by antidiagonals, is A362450.

N. J. A. Sloane, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
N. J. A. Sloane, New Gilbreath Conjectures, Sum and Erase, Dissecting Polygons, and Other New Sequences, Doron Zeilberger's Exper. Math. Seminar, Rutgers, Sep 14 2023: Video, Slides, Updates. (Mentions this sequence.)
Index entries for sequences related to Gilbreath conjecture and transform

Cf. A000005, A036262, A051950, A362450, A362451, A362452, A362453 (0's), A362454 (1's).

See also A001659 (if don't use absolute values).

N:= 200: # for a(1) to a(N)
L:= [seq(numtheory:-tau(n),n=1..N)]:
for i from 1 to 105 do
  R[i]:= L[1];
  L:= map(abs,L[2..-1]-L[1..-2])
od:
seq(R[i],i=1..M); # Robert Israel, May 07 2023

a[n_] := NestWhile[ Abs@ Differences@ # &, Table[ DivisorSigma[0, m], {m, n}], Length[##] > 1 &][[1]]; Array[a, 105]
(* or *)
mx = 105; lst = {}; k = 0; d = Array[ DivisorSigma[0, #] &, mx]; While[k < mx, AppendTo[lst, d[[1]]]; d = Abs@ Differences@ d; k++]; lst
(* or *)
A361897[nmax_]:=Module[{d=DivisorSigma[0,Range[nmax]]},Join[{1},Table[First[d=Abs[Differences[d]]],nmax-1]]];A361897[200] (* Paolo Xausa, May 07 2023 *)

lista(nn) = my(v=apply(numdiv, [1..nn]), list = List(), nb=nn); listput(list, v[1]); for (n=2, nn, nb--; my(w = vector(nb, k, abs(v[k+1]-v[k]))); listput(list, w[1]); v = w;); Vec(list);
lista(200) \\ Michel Marcus, Mar 29 2023

Edited by N. J. A. Sloane, Apr 30 2023

A169834 Numbers k such that d(k-1) = d(k) = d(k+1).

Original entry on oeis.org

34, 86, 94, 142, 202, 214, 218, 231, 243, 244, 302, 375, 394, 446, 604, 634, 664, 698, 903, 922, 1042, 1106, 1138, 1262, 1275, 1310, 1335, 1346, 1402, 1642, 1762, 1833, 1838, 1886, 1894, 1925, 1942, 1982, 2014, 2055, 2102, 2134, 2182, 2218, 2265, 2306, 2344, 2362

Offset: 1

N. J. A. Sloane, Jun 02 2010

nonn

Alois P. Heinz, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000 (first 1000 terms from Reinhard Zumkeller)
Erich Friedman, What's Special About This Number? (See entry 34.)

Cf. A000005, A005238.

Cf. A051950.

a169834 n = a169834_list !! (n-1)
a169834_list = f a051950_list [0..] where
   f (0:0:ws) (x:y:zs) = y : f (0:ws) (y:zs)
   f (:v:ws) (:y:zs) = f (v:ws) (y:zs)
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Aug 31 2014

q:= n-> is(nops(map(numtheory[tau], {$n-1..n+1}))=1):
select(q, [$1..3000])[];  # Alois P. Heinz, Jun 24 2021

d[n_] := DivisorSigma[0, n];
samedQ[n_] := d[n-1] == d[n] == d[n+1];
Select[Range[3000], samedQ] (* Jean-François Alcover, Aug 01 2018 *)
1 + Flatten@Position[Differences@#&/@Partition[DivisorSigma[0, Range@3000], 3, 1], {0, 0}] (* Hans Rudolf Widmer, Feb 02 2023 *)

from sympy import divisor_count as d
def ok(n): return d(n-1) == d(n) == d(n+1)
print(list(filter(ok, range(1, 2400)))) # Michael S. Branicky, Jun 24 2021

a(n) = A005238(n) + 1. - Jon Maiga / Georg Fischer, Jun 24 2021

A286255 Compound filter: a(n) = P(A046523(n), A046523(1+n)), where P(n,k) is sequence A000027 used as a pairing function.

Original entry on oeis.org

2, 5, 12, 14, 23, 27, 38, 63, 40, 27, 80, 90, 23, 61, 216, 152, 80, 90, 80, 148, 61, 27, 302, 375, 40, 84, 179, 90, 467, 495, 530, 698, 61, 61, 826, 702, 23, 61, 412, 324, 467, 495, 80, 265, 148, 27, 1178, 1323, 109, 148, 142, 90, 302, 430, 412, 430, 61, 27, 1832, 1890, 23, 142, 2787, 2410, 601, 495, 80, 148, 601, 495, 2630, 2700, 23, 142, 265, 148, 601, 495, 1178

Offset: 1

Antti Karttunen, May 07 2017

nonn

Antti Karttunen, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
MathWorld, Pairing Function

Cf. A000027, A046523, A286240, A286256, A286257, A286258.
Cf. A005383 (after its initial term 3, gives the positions of 23's in this sequence).
Cf. A051950 (one of the matches not matched by A046523 alone).

A046523(n) = { my(f=vecsort(factor(n)[, 2], , 4), p); prod(i=1, #f, (p=nextprime(p+1))^f[i]); };  \\ This function from Charles R Greathouse IV, Aug 17 2011
A286255(n) = (2 + ((A046523(n)+A046523(1+n))^2) - A046523(n) - 3*A046523(1+n))/2;
for(n=1, 10000, write("b286255.txt", n, " ", A286255(n)));

from sympy import factorint
def T(n, m): return ((n + m)**2 - n - 3*m + 2)/2
def P(n):
    f = factorint(n)
    return sorted([f[i] for i in f])
def a046523(n):
    x=1
    while True:
        if P(n) == P(x): return x
        else: x+=1
def a(n): return T(a046523(n), a046523(n + 1)) # Indranil Ghosh, May 07 2017

(define (A286255 n) (* (/ 1 2) (+ (expt (+ (A046523 n) (A046523 (+ 1 n))) 2) (- (A046523 n)) (- (* 3 (A046523 (+ 1 n)))) 2)))

a(n) = (1/2)*(2 + ((A046523(n)+A046523(1+n))^2) - A046523(n) - 3*A046523(1+n)).

A230115 Numbers n such that tau(n+1) - tau(n) = 2; where tau(n) = the number of divisors of n (A000005).

Original entry on oeis.org

5, 7, 13, 27, 37, 51, 61, 62, 73, 74, 91, 115, 123, 146, 153, 157, 164, 187, 188, 193, 206, 235, 245, 267, 274, 277, 278, 284, 291, 313, 355, 356, 362, 369, 386, 397, 403, 411, 421, 422, 423, 425, 427, 428, 451, 457, 538, 541, 605, 613, 637, 657, 661, 667, 673

Offset: 1

Jaroslav Krizek, Oct 09 2013

nonn

Numbers n such that A051950(n+1) = 2.
Numbers n such that A049820(n) - A049820(n+1) = 1.
Sequence of starts of first run of n (n>=2) consecutive integers m_1, m_2, ..., m_n such that tau(m_k) - tau(m_k-1) = 2, for all k=n...2: 5, 61, 421, ... (a(5) > 100000); example for n=4: tau(421) = 2, tau(422) = 4, tau(423) = 6, tau(424) = 8.

			Number 7 is in sequence because tau(8) - tau(7) = 4 - 2 = 2.

Jaroslav Krizek, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..2000

Cf. A000005, A055927 (numbers n such that tau(n+1) - tau(n) = 1).

Subsequence of A162318. - Michel Marcus, Mar 26 2017

Select[ Range[ 50000], DivisorSigma[0, # ] + 2 == DivisorSigma[0, # + 1] &]
Flatten[Position[Partition[DivisorSigma[0,Range[700]],2,1],? (#[[2]]- #[[1]] == 2&),{1},Heads->False]] (* _Harvey P. Dale, Aug 03 2014 *)

isok(n) = (numdiv(n+1) - numdiv(n)) == 2; \\ Michel Marcus, Mar 26 2017

from sympy.ntheory import divisor_count
[n for n in range(1000) if divisor_count(n + 1) - divisor_count(n) == 2] # Indranil Ghosh, Mar 26 2017

A230653 Numbers k such that tau(k+1) - tau(k) = 3, where tau(k) = the number of divisors of k (A000005).

Original entry on oeis.org

49, 99, 1023, 1681, 1935, 2499, 8649, 9603, 20449, 21903, 23715, 29583, 30975, 38024, 43263, 58563, 60515, 71824, 74528, 110223, 130321, 136899, 145924, 150543, 154449, 165649, 181475, 216224, 224675, 233288, 243049, 256035, 258063, 265225, 294849, 300303

Offset: 1

Jaroslav Krizek, Oct 27 2013

nonn

Numbers k such that A051950(k+1) = 3.
Numbers k such that A049820(k) - A049820(k+1) = 2.
k or k+1 is a perfect square. - David A. Corneth, Feb 16 2024

			99 is in the sequence because tau(100) - tau(99) = 9 - 6 = 3.

David A. Corneth, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000 (first 90 terms from Harvey P. Dale)

Cf. A055927 (numbers n such that tau(n+1) - tau(n) = 1), A230115 (numbers n such that tau(n+1) - tau(n) = 2), A000005.

Select[ Range[ 50000], DivisorSigma[0, # ] + 3 == DivisorSigma[0, # + 1] &]
Position[Differences[DivisorSigma[0,Range[300400]]],3]//Flatten (* Harvey P. Dale, Jun 30 2022 *)

isok(n) = numdiv(n+1) - numdiv(n) == 3; \\ Michel Marcus, Oct 27 2013

from sympy import divisor_count as tau
from itertools import count, islice
def agen(): # generator of terms, using comment by David A. Corneth
    for m in count(1):
        mm = m*m
        tmm = tau(mm)
        if tmm - tau(mm-1) == 3: yield mm-1
        if tau(mm+1) - tmm == 3: yield mm
print(list(islice(agen(), 36))) # Michael S. Branicky, Feb 16 2024

More terms from Michel Marcus, Oct 27 2013

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A000005 d(n) (also called tau(n) or sigma_0(n)), the number of divisors of n.

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A005238 Numbers k such that k, k+1 and k+2 have the same number of divisors.

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A307704 Expansion of (1/(1 - x)) * Sum_{k>=1} (-x)^k/(1 - (-x)^k).

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A055927 Numbers k such that k + 1 has one more divisor than k.

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A341062 Sequence whose partial sums give A000005.

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A361897 Leading terms of the rows of the array in A362450; or, Gilbreath transform of tau (A000005).

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