A338486 Numbers n whose symmetric representation of sigma(n) consists of 3 regions with maximum width 2.

15, 35, 45, 70, 77, 91, 110, 130, 135, 143, 154, 170, 182, 187, 190, 209, 221, 225, 238, 247, 266, 286, 299, 322, 323, 350, 374, 391, 405, 418, 437, 442, 493, 494, 506, 527, 550, 551, 572, 589, 598, 638, 646, 650, 667, 682, 703, 713, 748, 754, 782, 806, 814, 836, 850

Offset: 1

Author

Hartmut F. W. Hoft, Oct 30 2020

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

This sequence is a subsequence of A279102. The definition of the sequence excludes squares of primes, A001248, since the 3 regions of their symmetric representation of sigma have width 1 (first column in the irregular triangle of A247687).

Table of numbers in this sequence arranged by the number of prime factors, counting multiplicities:

2 3 4 5 6 7 ...

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15 45 135 405 1215 3645

35 70 225 1125 5625 ...

77 110 350 1750 8750 744795

91 130 550 2584 ... ...

143 154 572 2750 85455

187 170 650 3128 ...

209 182 748 3250

221 190 836 3496

247 238 850 3944

299 266 884 4216

... ... ... ...

1035 9585

... ...

The numbers in the first row of the table above are b(k) = 5*3^k, k>=1, (see A005030) so that infinitely many odd numbers occur outside of the first column. The central region of the symmetric representation of sigma(b(k)) contains 2*k-1 separate contiguous sections consisting of sequences of entire legs of width 2, k>=1 (see Lemma 2 in the link).

Conjecture: The combined extent of these sections in sigma(b(k)) is 2*3^(k-1) - 1 = A048473(k-1), k>=1.

Since each number n in the first column and first row has a prime factor of odd exponent a contiguous section of the symmetric representation of sigma(n) centered on the diagonal has width 2. For odd numbers n not in the first row or column in which all prime factors have even powers, such as 225 and 5625 in the second row, a contiguous section of the symmetric representation of sigma(n) centered on the diagonal has width 1 (see Lemma 1 in the link).

For each k>=3 and every prime p such that b(k-1) < 2*p < 4*b(k-2), the odd number p*b(k-1) is in the column of b(k). The two inequalities are equivalent to b(k-1) <= row(p*b(k-1)) < 2*b(k-1) ensuring that the symmetric representation of sigma(p*b(k-1)) consists of 3 regions.

45 is the only odd number in its column (see Lemma 3 in the link).

Since the factors of n = p*q satisfy 2 < p < q < 2*p the first column in the table above is a subsequence of A082663 and of A087718 (see Lemma 4 in the link). Each of the two outer regions consists of a single leg of width 1 and length (1 + p*q)/2. The center region of size p+q consists of two subparts (see A196020 & A280851) of width 1 of sizes 2*p-q and 2*q-p, respectively (see Lemma 5 in the link). The table below arranges the first column in the table above according to the length 2*p-q of their single contiguous extent of width 2 in the center region:

1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 ...

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15 35 187 247 143 391 2257 323

91 77 493 589 221 1363 3139 437

703 209 943 2479 551 2911 6649 713

1891 299 1537 3397 851 3901 ... 1247

2701 527 4183 8509 1643 6313 1457

... ... ... ... ... ... ....

A129521: p*q satisfies 2*p - q = 1 (excluding A129521(1)=6)

A226755: p*q satisfies 2*p - q = 3 (excluding A226755(1)=9)

Sequences with larger differences 2*p - q are not in OEIS.

Examples

			a(6) = 91 = 7*13 is in the sequence and in the 2-column of the first table since 1 < 2 < 7 < 13 = row(91) representing the 4 odd divisors 1 - 91 - 7 - 13 (see A237048) results in the following pattern for the widths of the legs (see A249223): 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2 for 3 regions with width not exceeding 2. It also is in the 1-column of the second table since it has a single area of width 2 which is 1 unit long.
a(29) = 405 = 5*3^4 is in the sequence and in the 5-column of the first table since 1 < 2 < 3 < 5 < 6 < 9 < 10 < 15 < 18 < 27 = row(405) representing the 10 odd divisors 1 - 405 - 3 - 5 - 135 - 9 - 81 - 15 - 45 - 27 results in the following pattern for the widths of the legs: 1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2 for 3 regions with width not exceeding 2, and 7 = 2*4 - 1 sections of width 2 in the central region.
a(35) = 506 = 2*11*23 is in the sequence since positions 1 < 4 < 11 < 23 < row(506) = 31 representing the 4 odd divisors 1 - 253 - 11 - 23 results in the following pattern for the widths of the legs: 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 for 3 regions with width not exceeding 2, with the two outer regions consisting of 3 legs of width 1, and a single area of width 2 in the central region.
		

Links

• Hartmut F. W. Hoft, proofs for quoted lemmas

Crossrefs

Cf. A001248, A005030, A048473, A082663, A087718, A129521, A196020, A226755, A235791, A237048, A237270, A237271, A237591, A237593, A247687, A249223, A279102, A280107, A280851.

Programs

Mathematica

(* Functions path and a237270 are defined in A237270 *)
maxDiagonalLength[n_] := Max[Map[#[[1]]-#[[2]]&, Transpose[{Drop[Drop[path[n], 1], -1], path[n-1]}]]]
a338486[m_, n_] := Module[{r, list={}, k}, For[k=m, k<=n, k++, r=a237270[k]; If[Length[r]== 3 && maxDiagonalLength[k]==2,AppendTo[list, k]]]; list]
a338486[1, 850]