A number
is said to be
amenable if there exist
numbers
in
such that
, i.e., their sum is equal to their product.
For example, 8 is amenable because the 8 numbers {-1, -1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 4} have the same sum and product.
O. P. Lossers proved that is amenable
if and only if and it is of the form or .
The first amenable numbers are
1, 5, 8, 9, 12, 13, 16, 17, 20, 21, 24, 25, 28, 29, 32, 33 more terms
Pictorial representation of remainders (mod 2, 3, ...,11) frequency. For a table of values and more details
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A graph displaying how many amenable numbers are multiples of the primes
p from 2 to 71. In black the ideal line 1/
p.