A093407 For p = prime(n), the least k such that p divides the numerator of a sum 1/k + 1/x1 +...+ 1/xm, where x1,...,xm (for any m) are distinct positive integers <= k.
3, 2, 3, 4, 3, 4, 5, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 5, 7, 7, 5, 6, 7, 7, 8, 7, 7, 6, 8, 7, 5, 8, 8, 6, 7, 5, 8, 8, 9, 8, 8, 9, 7, 8, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8, 7, 7, 8, 8, 10, 8, 8, 9, 10, 9, 8, 8, 9, 9, 8, 7, 9, 8, 10, 7, 9, 9, 10, 10, 8, 9, 8, 10, 9, 10, 7, 9, 9, 11, 9, 9, 9, 10, 10, 9, 10, 7, 9, 9, 11, 10, 9, 11, 11, 11
Offset: 1
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Examples
a(1) = 3 because 2 = prime(1) and 1/1 + 1/3 = 4/3, whose numerator is divisible by 2.
Links
- Peter Pein, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10515
- Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Egyptian Fraction
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Mathematica
len=100; a=Table[0, {len}]; done=False; s={0}; n=0; While[ !done, n++; s=Join[s, s+1/n]; ns=Numerator[s]; done=True; Do[If[a[[i]]==0, p=Prime[i]; If[Count[ns, _?(#>0 && Mod[ #, p]==0&)]>0, a[[i]]=n, done=False]], {i, len}]]; a
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