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belongs to both lists with the same sum of prime factors. The intersection also contains pairs that are not square-free, for example (7129199, 7129200) = (7×11×19×443, 2×3×5×13×457). Here 7+11+19+443 = 2+3+5+13+457 = 480, and also 7+11+11+19+443 = 2+2+2+2+3+5+5+13+457 = 491.
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There are different variations in the definition, depending on how many times to count primes that appear multiple times in a factorization.
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Ruth-Aaron pairs are sparse (that is, they have density 0). This was conjectured by Nelson et al. in 1974 and proven in 1978 by
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total was 714, a record which Aaron eclipsed on April 8, 1974, when he hit his 715th career home run. Pomerance was a
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Counting repeated prime factors (e.g., 8 = 2×2×2 and 9 = 3×3 with 2+2+2 = 3+3), the first few Ruth–Aaron pairs are:
345:(overlapping Ruth–Aaron pairs) also exist. The first and possibly the second when counting distinct prime factors: 58: 463: 519: 152: 318: 372:
and 3 + 11 + 83 + 2081 + 2411 = 2 + 5 + 7 + 293 + 1193 + 3089 = 23 + 29 + 157 + 359 + 4021 = 4589.
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and 2 + 2 + 37 + 89 + 101 + 5197 = 5 + 283 + 1259 + 3881 = 2 + 3 + 167 + 2549 + 2707 = 5428.
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Nelson, C.; Penney, D. E.; and Pomerance, C. "714 and 715." J. Recr. Math. 7, 87–89, 1974.
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Two consecutive integers for which the sums of the prime factors of each are equal
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and 2 + 3 + 7 + 11 + 23 + 8419 = 5 + 4201 + 4259 = 2 + 31 + 43 + 8389 = 8465.
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The first two Ruth–Aaron triplets when counting repeated prime factors:
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and 2 + 3 + 251 + 277 = 17 + 53 + 463 = 2 + 2 + 11 + 19 + 499 = 533.
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Erdős, P. and Pomerance, C. "On the Largest Prime Factors of
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integers (e.g., 714 and 715) for which the sums of the
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