A329821 Largest k for which sigma(k) = A002191(n), where A002191 = range of sigma, the sum-of-divisors function A000203.

1, 2, 3, 5, 4, 7, 11, 9, 13, 8, 17, 19, 23, 12, 29, 25, 31, 22, 37, 18, 27, 41, 43, 47, 53, 39, 49, 59, 61, 32, 67, 71, 73, 45, 79, 83, 89, 36, 50, 77, 97, 101, 103, 107, 109, 91, 113, 95, 81, 75, 82, 64, 127, 131, 121, 137, 139, 119, 149, 151, 125

Offset: 1

Author

M. F. Hasler, Nov 22 2019

Keywords

• nonn

Examples

			The possible values of sigma(x) are A002191 = {1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 12, ...}.
The 7th value is 12 = sigma(x) for x = 6 or 11. Since 11 is the largest such value, a(7) = 11.
		

Links

• Amiram Eldar, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
• Max Alekseyev, PARI/GP Scripts for Miscellaneous Math Problems (invphi.gp).

Crossrefs

Cf. A000203 (sigma), A002191 (range of sigma), A085790 (table of pre-images of x in A002191), A054973 (number of solutions of sigma(x) = n).

Cf. A051444 (smallest k such that sigma(k) = n).

Programs

PARI

A329821(n)=vecmax(invsigma(A002191(n))) \\ see Alekseyev link for invsigma(). An invsigmaMax() function is announced.

Formula

a(n) = A085790(m,A054973(m)) with m = A002191(n).