5 consecutive integers with sigma(A) coprime to A
Jack Brennen
jb at brennen.net
Mon Mar 17 17:58:42 CET 2008
A very sparse sequence defined as:
Positive integers N such that for every A in [N,N+1,N+2,N+3,N+4]
we have sigma(A) coprime with A.
Terms are:
1
575
202605639573839041
478502736827135487987972323577847681
Any other terms exceed 10^128.
Note that it is impossible to have three consecutive positive
even integers which have odd sigma() values. In order to have
an odd sigma() value, the integer must be a square or twice a
square; it's not too hard to see that three consecutive
positive even integers can't each be a square or twice a
square.
So any solution must have N odd, and among N+1 and N+3, one
of them must be a square and the other must be twice a square.
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