A285993 Largest odd abundant number (A005231) equal to the product of n consecutive primes.

15015, 255255, 4849845, 111546435, 33426748355, 1236789689135, 50708377254535, 2180460221945005, 102481630431415235, 5431526412865007455, 320460058359035439845, 19548063559901161830545, 1309720258513377842646515, 1357656019974967471687377449, 107254825578022430263302818471

Offset: 5

Author

M. F. Hasler, Apr 30 2017

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

The smallest term is a(5) = 3*5*7*11*13, there is no odd abundant number (A005231) equal to the product of less than 5 consecutive primes.

The smallest odd abundant number (A005231) equal to the product of n consecutive primes is equal (when it exists, i.e., for n >= 5) to the least odd number with n (distinct) prime divisors, equal to the product of the first n odd primes = A070826(n+1) = A002110(n+1)/2.

See A188342 = (945, 3465, 15015, 692835, 22309287, ...) for the least odd primitive abundant number (A006038) with n distinct prime factors, and A275449 for the least odd primitive abundant number with n prime factors counted with multiplicity.

The terms are in general not primitive abundant numbers (A091191), in particular this cannot be the case when a(n) is a multiple of a(n-1), as is the case for most of the terms, for which a(n) = a(n-1)*A117366(a(n-1)). In the other event, spf(a(n)) = nextprime(spf(a(n-1))), and a(n) is in A007741(2,3,4...). These are exactly the primitive terms in this sequence.

Examples

			For n < 5, there is no odd abundant number equal to the product of n distinct primes.
For 5 <= n <= 8, the largest odd abundant number equal to the product of n consecutive primes is 3*...*prime(n+1).
For 9 <= n <= 17, the largest odd abundant number equal to the product of n consecutive primes is 5*...*prime(n+2).
For 18 <= n <= 30, the largest odd abundant number equal to the product of n consecutive primes is 7*...*prime(n+3).
For 31 <= n <= 45, the largest odd abundant number equal to the product of n consecutive primes is 11*...*prime(n+4).
For 46 <= n <= 66, the largest odd abundant number equal to the product of n consecutive primes is 13*...*prime(n+5).
		

Links

• Amiram Eldar, Table of n, a(n) for n = 5..341

Crossrefs

Cf. A005231, A006038, A007707, A007708, A007741.

A subsequence of A112643 (odd squarefree abundant numbers); see also A108227 (~ A107705) which give indices of primitive terms = those with smallest prime factor larger than that of earlier terms.

Programs

PARI

a(r,f=vector(r,i,prime(i+1)),o)={ while(sigma(factorback(f),-1)>2, o=f; f=concat(f[^1],nextprime(f[r]+1)));factorback(o)} \\ Intentionally throws an error when n < 5.

Formula

a(n) >= a(n-1)*p where p = A117366(a(n-1)) = A151800(A006530(a(n-1))) = nextprime(gpf(a(n-1))), an odd abundant number equal to the product of n consecutive primes. We have strict inequality for n = 9, 18, 31, 46, 67, ..., in which case a(n) = a(n-1)*p*p'/q, where p' = nextprime(p), q = least prime factor of a(n-1). This is the case if a(n) is in A007741.