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A073904 Smallest multiple k*n of n having n divisors.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 2, 9, 8, 625, 12, 117649, 24, 36, 80, 25937424601, 60, 23298085122481, 448, 2025, 384, 48661191875666868481, 180, 104127350297911241532841, 240, 35721, 11264, 907846434775996175406740561329, 360, 10000, 53248, 26244, 1344
Offset: 1

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Author

Amarnath Murthy, Aug 18 2002

Keywords

Comments

Smallest refactorable number, m, such that m=k*n has n divisors. - Robert G. Wilson v, Oct 31 2005

Examples

			Smallest multiple a(n)=k*n; a(1)=1*1, a(2)=1*2, a(3)=3*3, a(4)=2*4, a(5)=125*5, a(6)=2*6, ... having d(k*n)=n divisors; d(1)=1, d(2)=2, d(3^2)=3, d(2^3)=4, d(5^4)=5, d(2^2*3)=3*2=6, ...
		

Crossrefs

Cf. A033950 (refactorable numbers, also known as tau numbers).
Cf. A110821 (SuperRefactorable numbers).

Programs

  • Mathematica
    f[n_] := Block[{k = 1}, If[ PrimeQ[n], n^(n - 1), While[d = DivisorSigma[0, k*n]; d != n, k++ ]; k*n]]; Table[ f[n], {n, 28}] (* Robert G. Wilson v *)

Formula

If p is a prime then a(p) = p^(p-1). If n = p^2 then a(n) = 2^(p-1)*p^(p-1).
a(p^r) = (2*3*5*...*p_r)^(p-1) for r < p <= p_r. a(p^r) = (2*3*...*p_(r-1))^(p-1)*p^(p-1) for p > p_r. Else a(p^r) = ...? for r >= p. Problem a(2^r) = ...? Cf. A005179(p^n)=(2*3*...*p_n)^(p-1) for p_n < 2^p. - Thomas Ordowski, Aug 20 2005
a(p^r) = (2*3...*p_(r-1)*p)^(p-1) for p > p_r; else a(p^r) = (2*3...*p...*p_m)^(p-1)*p^(p^k-p) for p <= p_r and p_m < 2^p, where m=r-k+1 for smallest k such that p^k > r, so k=floor(log(r)/log(p))+1 and p > log(p_m)/log(2). Examples: If k=1 then a(p^r) = (2*3*...*p_r)^(p-1) for r < p <= p_r. If p=2 then a(2^r) = (2*3*...*p_m)*2^(2^k-2) for r < 5. For instance, let r=4 so k=3, m=2 and a(2^4)=384. - Thomas Ordowski, Aug 22 2005
If p is a prime and n=p^r then a(p^r) = (s_1*s_2*...*s_r)^(p-1) where (s_r) is a permutation of the (ascending sequence) numbers of the form q^(p^j) for every prime q and j>=0; permutation such that s_(p^j)=p^(p^j) and shifted remainder. For example, if p=3 then (s_r): 3, 2, 3^3, 5, 7, 2^3, 11, 13, 3^9, 17, 19, ... so a(3^r) = (3*2*27*5*...*s_r)^2. - Thomas Ordowski, Aug 29 2005
If n=2^r then a(2^r) is the product of the first r members of the A109429 sequence. - Thomas Ordowski, Aug 29 2005
a(n) = n * A076931(n). - Thomas Ordowski, Oct 07 2005
a(4) = 8; a(2*prime(n)) = A299795(n), for n>1. - Bernard Schott, Nov 06 2022

Extensions

a(12) corrected by Thomas Ordowski, Aug 18 2005
Further corrections from Thomas Ordowski, Oct 07 2005
a(21), a(27) & a(28) from Robert G. Wilson v, Oct 31 2005