A141467 a(1)=1; for n > 1, a(n) is the product of prime factors of the n-th composite, but with the largest prime incremented by 3 and the smallest decremented by 1.
1, 6, 10, 12, 8, 12, 10, 16, 20, 18, 16, 20, 14, 24, 32, 16, 36, 20, 24, 40, 28, 20, 40, 36, 22, 32, 32, 30, 28, 48, 26, 48, 60, 40, 40, 32, 54, 56, 40, 44, 32, 48, 34, 60, 80, 64, 42, 40, 52, 50, 72, 40, 80, 44, 84, 48, 64, 108, 44, 60, 80, 46, 64, 56, 72, 96, 52, 68, 50, 88, 96, 70, 84
Offset: 1
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n-th composite n & factorization transformed product - --------------- -------------------------- 1 4 = 2*2 (2-1)*(2+3) = 1*5 = 5 (prime) 2 6 = 2*3 (2-1)*(3+3) = 1*6 = 6 = a(2) 3 8 = 2*2*2 (2-1)*2*(2+3) = 1*2*5 = 10 = a(3) 4 9 = 3*3 (3-1)*(3+3) = 2*6 = 12 = a(4) 5 10 = 2*5 (2-1)*(5+3) = 1*8 = 8 = a(5) 6 12 = 2*2*3 (2-1)*2*(3+3) = 1*2*6 = 12 = a(6) 7 14 = 2*7 (2-1)*(7+3) = 1*10 = 10 = a(7)
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Edited by R. J. Mathar, Aug 14 2008
Further edits by Jon E. Schoenfield, Feb 20 2021
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