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A330725
a(0) = 0; thereafter a(n) = a(n-1) + sigma(n) if sigma(n) > a(n-1), otherwise a(n) = a(n-1) - sigma(n), where sigma is the sum of divisors function A000203.
2
0, 1, 4, 0, 7, 1, 13, 5, 20, 7, 25, 13, 41, 27, 3, 27, 58, 40, 1, 21, 63, 31, 67, 43, 103, 72, 30, 70, 14, 44, 116, 84, 21, 69, 15, 63, 154, 116, 56, 0, 90, 48, 144, 100, 16, 94, 22, 70, 194, 137, 44, 116, 18, 72, 192, 120, 0, 80, 170, 110, 278, 216, 120, 16
OFFSET
0,3
LINKS
MAPLE
a:= proc(n) option remember; `if`(n=0, 0, ((s, t)-> s+
`if`(s<t, t, -t))(a(n-1), numtheory[sigma](n)))
end:
seq(a(n), n=0..80);
MATHEMATICA
nxt[{n_, a_}]:={n+1, If[DivisorSigma[1, n+1]>a, a+DivisorSigma[1, n+1], a- DivisorSigma[ 1, n+1]]}; NestList[nxt, {0, 0}, 70][[All, 2]] (* Harvey P. Dale, May 14 2022 *)
KEYWORD
nonn,look
AUTHOR
Alois P. Heinz, Jan 11 2020
STATUS
approved