The sequence of factors
Number Theory
Level
2
There is a sequence of numbers such that the nth term is denoted by the smallest number that has exactly n factors. Is this sequence a strictly increasing sequence?
No
Yes
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1 solution
Lets test some values of n.
n=1: 1
n=2:2
n=3:4
n=4: 6
n=5: 16
n=6: 12
So we see that the answer is N o