A349162 a(n) = sigma(n) / gcd(sigma(n), A003961(n)), where A003961 shifts the prime factorization of n one step towards larger primes, and sigma is the sum of divisors function.

1, 1, 4, 7, 6, 4, 8, 5, 13, 6, 12, 28, 14, 8, 24, 31, 18, 13, 20, 2, 32, 12, 24, 4, 31, 14, 8, 56, 30, 24, 32, 7, 48, 18, 48, 91, 38, 20, 56, 10, 42, 32, 44, 28, 78, 24, 48, 124, 57, 31, 72, 98, 54, 8, 72, 40, 16, 30, 60, 8, 62, 32, 104, 127, 12, 48, 68, 14, 96, 48, 72, 13, 74, 38, 124, 140, 96, 56, 80, 62, 121, 42

Offset: 1

Author

Antti Karttunen, Nov 09 2021

Keywords

• nonn
• frac

Comments

Denominator of ratio A003961(n) / A000203(n).

Small values are rare, but are not limited to the beginning. For example in range 1 .. 2^25, a(n) = 4 at n = 3, 6, 24, 792, 2720, 122944, 31307472.

Question: Would it be possible to prove that a(n) > 1 for all n > 2?

Obviously, 1's may occur only on squares & twice squares (A028982). See also comments in A350072. - Antti Karttunen, Feb 16 2022

Links

• Antti Karttunen, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..22968
• Index entries for sequences computed from indices in prime factorization
• Index entries for sequences related to sigma(n)

Crossrefs

Cf. A000203, A003961, A028982 (positions of odd terms), A319630, A336702, A342671, A348992 (the odd part), A348993, A349161 (numerators), A349163, A349164, A349627, A349628, A350072 [= a(n^2)].

Cf. also A349745, A351551, A351554.

Programs

Mathematica

Array[#1/GCD[##] & @@ {DivisorSigma[1, #], If[# == 1, 1, Times @@ Map[NextPrime[#1]^#2 & @@ # &, FactorInteger[#]]]} &, 82] (* Michael De Vlieger, Nov 11 2021 *)

PARI

A003961(n) = { my(f = factor(n)); for (i=1, #f~, f[i, 1] = nextprime(f[i, 1]+1)); factorback(f); };
A349162(n) = { my(s=sigma(n)); (s/gcd(s,A003961(n))); };

Formula

a(n) = A000203(n) / A342671(n) = A000203(n) / gcd(A000203(n), A003961(n)).