highly composite number
We call a highly composite number if for all , where is the number of divisors of. The first several are 1, 2, 4, 6, 12, 24. The sequence is http://www.research.att.com/cgi-bin/access.cgi/as/njas/sequences/eisA.cgi?Anum=002182A002182 in Sloane’s OEIS.
The integer is superior highly composite if there is an such that for all,
The first several superior highly composite numbers are 2, 6, 12, 60, 120, 360. The sequence is http://www.research.att.com/cgi-bin/access.cgi/as/njas/sequences/eisA.cgi?Anum=002201A002201 in Sloane’s encyclopedia.
References
- 1 L. Alaoglu and P. Erdös, On highly composite and similar numbers. Trans. Amer. Math. Soc.56 (1944), 448–469. http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-9947%28194411%2956%3A3%3C448%3AOHCASN%3E2.0.CO%3B2-SAvailable at www.jstor.org