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jamgoodman / DalyConjecture.py
Created January 31, 2020 21:24
Code to find counterexamples to Matthew Daly's conjecture at Math Stack Exchange question 3529219.
#!/usr/bin/env python3
# This code was adapted from dario2994/generate_hcn.py
# https://gist.github.com/dario2994/fb4713f252ca86c1254d?signup=true
# It outputs counterexamples to Matthew Daly's highly composite number...
# ... conjecture at Math Stack Exchange question 3529219 that are below MAXN
# This program prints all hcn (highly composite numbers) <= MAXN (=10**18)
#
# The value of MAXN can be changed arbitrarily. When MAXN = 10**100, the
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jamgoodman / counterexamplestoMSE3529219.txt
Created February 1, 2020 21:11
Highly composite number counterexamples to Math Stack Exchange question 3529219 and their prime decompositions
#Format:
# (Index of counterexample in sequence of highly composite numbers)
# (Number)
# (Prime decomposition, e.g., [2,1,4] would refer to 2^2 * 3^1 * 5^4 = 7500)
# ---
815
362279431624673937974303738230488502933082643722886373107941760000
[10, 6, 4, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1]
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