A100827 Highly cototient numbers: records for a(n) in A063741.

2, 4, 8, 23, 35, 47, 59, 63, 83, 89, 113, 119, 167, 209, 269, 299, 329, 389, 419, 509, 629, 659, 779, 839, 1049, 1169, 1259, 1469, 1649, 1679, 1889, 2099, 2309, 2729, 3149, 3359, 3569, 3989, 4199, 4289, 4409, 4619, 5249, 5459, 5879, 6089, 6509, 6719, 6929

Offset: 1

Author

Alonso del Arte, Jan 06 2005

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

Each number k on this list has more solutions to the equation x - phi(x) = k (where phi is Euler's totient function, A000010) than any preceding k except 1.

This sequence is a subset of A063741. As noted in that sequence, there are infinitely many solutions to x - phi(x) = 1. Unlike A097942, the highly totient numbers, this sequence has many odd numbers besides 1.

With the expection of 2, 4, 8, all of the known terms are congruent to -1 mod a primorial (A002110). The specific primorial satisfying this congruence would result in a sequence similar to A080404 a(n)=A007947[A055932(n)]. - Wilfredo Lopez (chakotay147138274(AT)yahoo.com), Dec 28 2006

Because most of the solutions to x - phi(x) = k are semiprimes p*q with p+q=k+1, it appears that this sequence eventually has terms that are one less than the Goldbach-related sequence A082917. In fact, terms a(108) to a(176) are A082917(n)-1 for n=106..174. [T. D. Noe, Mar 16 2010] This holds through a(229). [Jud McCranie, May 18 2017]

Examples

			a(3) = 8 since x - phi(x) = 8 has three solutions, {12, 14, 16}, one more than a(2) = 4 which has two solutions, {6, 8}.
		

Links

• Jud McCranie, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..229 (terms 1..176 by T. D. Noe)
• Wikipedia, Highly cototient number

Crossrefs

Cf. A063741, A097942, A007374, A101373.

Programs

Mathematica

searchMax = 4000; coPhiAnsYldList = Table[0, {searchMax}]; Do[coPhiAns = m - EulerPhi[m]; If[coPhiAns <= searchMax, coPhiAnsYldList[[coPhiAns]]++ ], {m, 1, searchMax^2}]; highlyCototientList = {2}; currHigh = 2; Do[If[coPhiAnsYldList[[n]] > coPhiAnsYldList[[currHigh]], highlyCototientList = {highlyCototientList, n}; currHigh = n], {n, 2, searchMax}]; Flatten[highlyCototientList]

Extensions

More terms from Robert G. Wilson v, Jan 08 2005