greedy computation of pseudoperfect numbers?
Maximilian Hasler
Maximilian.Hasler at martinique.univ-ag.fr
Tue Apr 8 19:58:40 CEST 2008
smallest counter-example:
351351
Maximilian
On 4/8/08, Richard Guy <rkg at cpsc.ucalgary.ca> wrote:
> Can someone prove or find a counterexample
> to the potential comment for A136446 --
>
> ``odd members are A005231'' ?? R.
>
>
> On Tue, 8 Apr 2008, T. D. Noe wrote:
>
>
> > At 8:45 AM -0400 4/8/08, Maximilian Hasler wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > > For both sorts of pseudoperfect numbers, allowing divisor one A005835,
> > > > and forbidding divisor one A136446, a greedy method _seems_ to always
> > > > work for deciding whther a given n in in the sequence:
> > > >
> > >
> >
> > Let d be the list of divisors of n (we can include or exclude 1). Compute
> > terms of the polynomial product_i (1+x^d[i]) up to the x^n term. (Perhaps
> > your PARI code does this. I don't read PARI.) If the x^n term is nonzero,
> > then n is the sum of a subset of the divisors in d. This is fairly fast
> > and deterministic. Using this method, the first 10 odd terms of A136446
> are
> >
> > 945, 1575, 2205, 2835, 3465, 4095, 4725, 5355, 5775, 5985
> >
> > which starts the same as A005231, odd abundant numbers. Here is the
> > Mathematica code:
> >
> > t = {}; n = 1; While[Length[t] < 10, n = n + 2;
> > d = Rest[Most[Divisors[n]]];
> > c = SeriesCoefficient[
> > Series[Product[1 + x^d[[i]], {i, Length[d]}], {x, 0, n}], n];
> > If[c > 0, AppendTo[t, n]]]; t
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Tony
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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