OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
a(8) > 10^13. - Donovan Johnson, Oct 20 2009
Don Reble has shown that a(8) < 1.9*10^42, cf. link.
From David Wasserman, Jan 05 2019: (Start)
a(8) <= 108111092880293127811946663766147737122,
a(9) <= 6850672946809600696044301071559918192380244,
a(10) <= 96037988156124494415303285590850571857698741869620,
a(11) <= 9044737840075556371215937303485030235666252755947862558252154847122. (End)
LINKS
Don Reble, A034173(8) exists, SeqFan list, Oct 23 2012
FORMULA
EXAMPLE
a(4) = 19940 because 19940, ..., 19943 all have the form p^2 q r.
PROG
(PARI) A034173(n)={my(f); for(k=1, 9e9, f=0; for(i=1, n, f==(f=vecsort(factor(k+n-i)[, 2])) || i==1 || [k+=n-i; next(2)]); return(k))} \\ M. F. Hasler, Oct 23 2012
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
hard,nonn,more
AUTHOR
Dean Hickerson, Oct 01 1998
EXTENSIONS
a(7) from Donovan Johnson, Oct 20 2009
STATUS
approved