OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
A positive integer n is in the sequence if and only if it has a proper factorization, n=hk, for which neither n-h nor n-k is in the sequence. (No prime is in the sequence, because no prime has a proper factorization.) [Barry Cipra, Mar 07 2012]
REFERENCES
Barry Cipra, Personal communication, Mar 02 2012
Barry Cipra, Factor Subtractor, 2012; reprinted in "Barrycades and Septoku: Papers in Honor of Martin Gardner and Tom Rogers", ed. Thane Plambeck and Tomas Rokicki, MAA Press, 2020, pp. 59-62.
LINKS
Matthew Richey, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..85667
Barry Cipra, Factor Subtractor, 2012
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
N. J. A. Sloane, Mar 04 2012
STATUS
approved