[seqfan] Re: Will this pattern continue?

[Tom Duff]

Have you looked at Frank Adam’s-Waters’ suggestion yet?

On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 09:51 Ali Sada via SeqFan <seqfan at list.seqfan.eu>
wrote:

> For the small sample I calculated, the pattern continued when I replaced
> one of the two primes with a perfect power of a prime. Is that a correct
> assumption?
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> For example, the smallest triangular number that is a multiple of 241 and
> 243 is 425167380. And when we divide it by the two initial numbers we get
> 7260, which is also a triangular number.
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> Best,
> Ali
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>     On Sunday, May 30, 2021, 4:23:06 AM EDT, Frank Adams-watters via
> SeqFan <seqfan at list.seqfan.eu> wrote:
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>  I'm a bit too tired to fully work this out right now, but:
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> Try looking at pairs of consecutive odd numbers, without regard to whether
> they are prime. You will find a much simpler relationship.
>
> Franklin T. Adams-Watters
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ali Sada via SeqFan <seqfan at list.seqfan.eu>
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> Cc: Ali Sada <pemd70 at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Sat, May 29, 2021 10:19 pm
> Subject: [seqfan] Will this pattern continue?
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> Hi everyone,
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> We take the twin primes and put them in pairs
> (3,5), (5,7), (11,13), (17,19), etc.
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> We find the least triangular number that is a multiple of both primes in
> each pair
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> 15, 105, 2145, 11628, 94395, 370230, 1565565, 3265290, 13263825, 16689753,
> 44674878, 62434725, 129757995, 168095280, 190173753, 334822503, 411256860,
> 659371455, 784892010, 1176876870, 1822721253
> (This is the best my computer and my computing skills can reach)
>
> Now, we divide each of these numbers by its two primes and we get
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> 1, 3, 15, 36, 105, 210, 435, 630, 1275, 1431, 2346, 2775, 4005, 4560,
> 4851, 6441, 7140, 9045, 9870, 12090, 15051
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> So far, these are all triangular numbers. Will this pattern continue?
>
> These triangular numbers correspond to:
> 1, 2, 5, 8, 14, 20, 29, 35, 50, 53, 68, 74, 89, 95, 98, 113, 119, 134,
> 140, 155, 173 (I would like to add this sequence to the OEIS if the editors
> think it's suitable.)
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> If we exclude the first term, the differences between the terms are
> 3, 3, 6, 6, 9, 6, 15, 3, 15, 6, 15, 6, 3, 15, 6, 15, 6, 15, 18
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> These are multiples of 3. Which is another potential pattern.
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> We divide them by three and we get this "bareboned" sequence
> 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 5, 1, 5, 2, 5, 2, 1, 5, 2, 5, 2, 5, 6 ( I would love to
> add this sequence too if possible)
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> I appreciate your feedback in advance.
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> Best,
>
> Ali
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