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This is a front-end for the Online Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, made by Christian Perfect. The idea is to provide OEIS entries in non-ancient HTML, and then to think about how they're presented visually. The source code is on GitHub.

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A117581 For each successive prime p, the largest integer n such that both n and n-1 factor into primes less than or equal to p.

Original entry on oeis.org

2, 9, 81, 4375, 9801, 123201, 336141, 11859211, 11859211, 177182721, 1611308700, 3463200000, 63927525376, 421138799640, 1109496723126, 1453579866025, 20628591204481, 31887350832897, 31887350832897, 119089041053697, 2286831727304145, 9591468737351909376, 9591468737351909376, 9591468737351909376, 9591468737351909376, 9591468737351909376, 19316158377073923834001
Offset: 1

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Gene Ward Smith, Mar 29 2006

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By a theorem of Størmer, the number of such integers is finite; moreover he provides an algorithm for finding the complete list.
Størmer came to this problem from music theory. Another way to formulate the statement of the theorem is that for any prime p, there are only a finite number of superparticular ratios R = n/(n-1) such that R factors into primes less than or equal to p. The numerator of the smallest such R for the i-th prime is the i-th element of the above sequence. For instance, 81/80, the syntonic comma, is the smallest 5-limit superparticular "comma", i.e., small ratio greater than one.
An effective abc conjecture (c < rad(abc)^2) would imply that a(21) = 2286831727304145 and a(22) = ... = a(26) = 9591468737351909376 and a(27) = ... = a(32) = 19316158377073923834001 and a(33) = 124225935845233319439174. - Lucas A. Brown, Oct 16 2022

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Formula

a(n) = A002072 + 1.

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Entry edited by N. J. A. Sloane, Apr 01 2006
Corrected and extended by Don Reble, Nov 21 2006
More terms from A002072 added by Amiram Eldar, Apr 13 2025

A117583 The number of ratios t/(t-1), where t is a triangular number, which factor into primes less than or equal to prime(n).

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 1, 3, 7, 9, 16, 22, 29, 35, 39, 50, 57, 68, 84, 100, 112, 127, 151, 167
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Gene Ward Smith, Apr 02 2006

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As in the case of square numerators, triangular numerators of superparticular ratios m/(m-1) factorizable only up to a relatively small prime p are relatively common.
Equivalently, a(n) is the number of quadruples of consecutive prime(n)-smooth numbers. - Lucas A. Brown, Oct 04 2022

Examples

			The ratios counted by a(3) are 3/2, 6/5, and 10/9.
The ratios counted by a(4) are 3/2, 6/5, 10/9, 15/14, 21/20, 28/27, and 36/35.
		

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Extensions

a(14)-a(18) by Lucas A. Brown, Oct 04 2022
a(19) from Lucas A. Brown, Oct 16 2022
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