A Strange Sequence not in the OEoIS
Jack Brennen
jb at brennen.net
Fri Mar 21 23:28:33 CET 2008
David Harden wrote:
>
> I think, though I haven't checked, that the fourth and fifth terms are, respectively,
> 4801^2 - 1 = 23049600 and 19601^2 - 1 = 384199200.
8749^2 - 1 = 76545000 = 2^3 * 3^7 * 5^4 * 7.
An alternative way to express the sequence, at least how I thought of
it: largest A such that A-1 and A+1 are both p-smooth, where p is the
nth prime. Your sequence gives the (A-1)*(A+1) products.
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