A085766 Smallest m such that n divides the tetrahedral number A000292(m+1).
1, 1, 6, 1, 2, 6, 4, 5, 24, 2, 8, 6, 10, 5, 7, 13, 14, 25, 16, 3, 6, 9, 20, 7, 22, 10, 78, 5, 26, 7, 28, 29, 8, 14, 4, 25, 34, 17, 24, 7, 38, 6, 40, 9, 24, 21, 44, 15, 46, 22, 15, 11, 50, 78, 8, 5, 16, 26, 56, 7, 58, 29, 25, 61, 12, 42, 64, 14, 43, 13, 68, 53, 70, 34, 24, 17, 19, 25, 76, 13
Offset: 1
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Examples
Let te(m)=(m+1)(m+2)(m+3)/6. Then te(1)=4, te(2)=10, te(3)=20, te(4)=35, te(5)=56 and te(6)=84. te(6) is the first tetrahedral number divisible by 3, hence a(3)=6.
Programs
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PARI
te(n)=(n+1)*(n+2)*(n+3)/6 for (n=1,50,c=1; while (te(c)%n!=0,c++); print1(c","))
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PARI
first(n) = {my(res = vector(n), todo = n); res[1] = 1; todo--; for(i = 1, oo, t = binomial(i + 2, 3); d = divisors(t); for(j = 1, #d, if(d[j] <= n && res[d[j]] == 0, res[d[j]] = i - 1; todo--; if(todo <= 0, return(res); ) ) ) ) } \\ David A. Corneth, Mar 22 2021
Extensions
More terms from David Wasserman, Feb 10 2005
Definition corrected by David A. Corneth, Mar 22 2021