[seqfan] Re: A066077

[Neil Sloane]

I think this is a case where we have to change the data to
fit the definition.  There's no other solution.

Best regards
Neil

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On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 8:19 PM, <rgwv at rgwv.com> wrote:

> f[n_] := Block[{k = 1, p = 1 + Prime at n}, While[DivisorSigma[1, k] != p,
> k++]; k]; Array[f, 70]   supports Robert's data, but not A066077. Bob.
>
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> A066077 is "Smallest x such that p(n) = Sigma[x] - 1."
> I don't know why the strange mix of [] and (), but I would have assumed
> Sigma[x] is A000203(x) and p(n) is A000040(n), and the Formula seems to
> confirm that.  But this doesn't match the Data at all.
> The Data are
>
> 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 17, 18, 21, 22, 25, 27, 30, 31, 32,
> 37, 38, 40, 43, 46, 48, 49, 51, 53, 54, 56, 58, 60, 61, 63, 64, 66, 67, 68,
> 74, 75, 79, 81, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 93, 96, 97, 100, 107, 108, 114, 115,
> 117, 120, 122, 123, 124, 125, 128, 130, 134, 135
>
> and the values of A000203 corresponding to each of these are
>
> 1, 3, 4, 7, 6, 8, 15, 18, 12, 24, 24, 18, 39, 32, 36, 31, 40, 72, 32, 63,
> 38, 60, 90, 44, 72, 124, 57, 72, 54, 120, 120, 90, 168, 62, 104, 127, 144,
> 68, 126, 114, 124, 80, 121, 132, 120, 180, 90, 234, 128, 252, 98, 217, 108,
> 280, 240, 144, 182, 360, 186, 168, 224, 156, 255, 252, 204, 240
>
> which seem to have no relation to prime(n)+1, except that they are never
> equal!
>
> The sequence that matches the definition would start
>
> 2, 3, 5, 7, 6, 13, 10, 19, 14, 29, 21, 37, 20, 43, 33, 34, 24, 61, 67, 30,
> 73, 57, 44, 40, 52, 101, 63, 85, 109, 74, 93, 86, 137, 76, 149, 111, 157,
> 163, 60, 173, 88, 117, 105, 193, 197, 199, 211, 84, 147, 229, 90, 114, 241,
> 96, 257, 215, 136, 201, 277, 281, 283, 164, 172, 126, 313, 317, 331, 337,
> 347, 349, 353, 120, 367, 373, 379, 186, 261, 397, 401, 409, 236, 421, 230,
> 208, 327, 365, 232, 457, 461, 463, 198, 168, 487, 326, 499, 204, 509, 346,
> 523, 541
>
> and this seems not to be in OEIS.
>
> So what's going on here?  What is A066077 really?
>
> Cheers,
> Robert
>
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