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I would like to write a program in Mathematica to look for the integer $n$ such that the following definition holds for any $1 < m < n $

$$\frac{f(n)}{f(m)}>1+\frac{\log(n/m)}{\log(n) \log(\log(m))}$$

where $f(n)$ is for example number of divisors of $n$ (and also count the number of resulting sets).

I wrote the following code, but the problem is that when it finds the first j1 in the next step of the For, it looks for the value j2 for which

$$\frac{f(j_2)}{f(j_1)}>1+\frac{\log(j_2/j_1)}{\log(j_2) \log(\log( j_1))}$$

but I want it to find the j2 such that

$$\forall j,\ j_1 \le j < j_2 \implies \frac{f(j_2)}{f(j)}>1+\frac{\log(j_2/j)}{\log (j_2) \log(\log(j))}$$

Note: In the following example k[*] is a special and known sub sequence of integers.

i = 20;

count = 0;

list = {i};

For[j = i, j <= 100, j++,

    If[ f[k[j]]/f[k[i]] > 1 + Log[k[j]/k[i]]/(Log[k[j]] Log[Log[k[i]]]), i = j; 
        AppendTo[list, i];
        count = count + 1
    ]
];

list

Print["count= ", count]
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  • $\begingroup$ Have you seen DivisorSigma[] already? $\endgroup$ May 25, 2013 at 19:21
  • $\begingroup$ @ J. M.♦, yes, but my problem is: assume we start with k[20], then when we reach to the first k[j] such that not only f[k[j]]/f[k[20]]>(1+Log[k[j]/k[20]]/(Log[k[j]]Log[Log[k[20]]])), also f[k[j]]/f[k[i]]>(1+Log[k[j]/k[i]]/(Log[k[j]]Log[Log[k[i]]])), for all i such that 20<i<j. $\endgroup$
    – asd
    May 25, 2013 at 20:13
  • $\begingroup$ Could you give an example for f and k ? $\endgroup$ May 28, 2013 at 13:49
  • $\begingroup$ @b.gatessucks, for example f[n_]:=DivisorSigma[1,n]/n and k=Table[s[i],{i,20,100}] is a subsequence of superabundant or highly composite numbers $\endgroup$
    – asd
    May 28, 2013 at 13:56

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try this for the original question (without the k..)

Last@Last@
  Reap[ Do[If[ 
     And @@ Table[ 
        f[n]/f[m] > 1 + Log[n/m]/(Log[n] Log[Log[m]]) ,
                {m, 2, n - 1}] , Sow[n]] , {n, 3, 100}] ]

If you want to use explicit loops you need an outer n loop and inner m loop.

Last@Last@Reap[ Do[
        m = 2;
        While[m < n &&   f[n]/f[m] > 1 + Log[n/m]/(Log[n] Log[Log[m]]) , ++m] ;
        If[ m == n, Sow[n]];, {n, 3, 100}] ]
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