Solution
If the first term is x, then dividing through by x, we see that we can find the number of progressive sequences whose sum is x360−1, and whose first term is not 1. If a(k) denotes the number of progressive sequences whose sum is k and whose first term is not 1, then we can express the answer N as follows:
N=a(359)+a(179)+a(119)+a(89)+a(71)+a(59)+a(44)+a(39)+a(35)+a(29)+a(23)+a(19)+a(17)+a(14)+a(11)+a(9)+a(8)+a(7)+a(5)+a(4)+a(3)+a(2)+a(1)+1
And in general, we have a(k)=1+∑d∣k and d=1,ka(d−1).
The +1 at the end accounts for the sequence whose only term is 360. Fortunately, many of these numbers are prime; we have a(p)=1 for primes p as the only such sequence is "p" itself. Also, a(1)=0. So we have
N=15+a(119)+a(44)+a(39)+a(35)+a(14)+a(9)+a(8)+a(4)
For small k, a(k) is easy to compute: a(4)=1, a(8)=2, a(9)=2. For intermediate k (e.g. k=21 below), a(k) can be computed recursively using previously-computed values of a(⋅), similar to dynamic programming. Then we have
a(14)a(35)a(39)a(44)a(119)=1+a(6)=1+2=3=1+a(6)+a(4)=1+2+1=4=2+a(12)=2+4=6=2+a(21)+a(10)=2+4+2=8=1+a(16)+a(6)=1+3+2=6
Thus the answer is N=15+6+8+6+4+3+2+2+1=047.
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