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A000146 From von Staudt-Clausen representation of Bernoulli numbers: a(n) = Bernoulli(2n) + Sum_{(p-1)|2n} 1/p.
(Formerly M1717 N0680)
6
1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, -6, 56, -528, 6193, -86579, 1425518, -27298230, 601580875, -15116315766, 429614643062, -13711655205087, 488332318973594, -19296579341940067, 841693047573682616, -40338071854059455412 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,7

COMMENTS

The von Staudt-Clausen theorem states that this number is always an integer.

REFERENCES

G. H. Hardy and E. M. Wright, An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers, 5th ed., Oxford Univ. Press, 1979, Th. 118.

Knuth, D. E.; Buckholtz, Thomas J. Computation of tangent, Euler and Bernoulli numbers. Math. Comp. 21 1967 663-688.

H. Rademacher, Topics in Analytic Number Theory, Springer, 1973, Section 5.

N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).

N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

LINKS

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=1..100

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, von Staudt-Clausen Theorem

Index entries for sequences related to Bernoulli numbers.

MAPLE

A000146 := proc(n) local a , i, p; a := bernoulli(2*n) ; for i from 1 do p := ithprime(i) ; if (2*n) mod (p-1) = 0 then a := a+1/p ; elif p-1 > 2*n then break; end if; end do: a ; end proc: # R. J. Mathar, Jul 08 2011

MATHEMATICA

Table[ BernoulliB[2 n] + Total[ 1/Select[ Prime /@ Range[n+1], Divisible[2n, #-1] &]], {n, 1, 22}] (* From Jean-François Alcover, Oct 12 2011 *)

PROG

(PARI) a(n)=if(n<1, 0, sumdiv(2*n, d, isprime(d+1)/(d+1))+bernfrac(2*n))

CROSSREFS

Cf. also A002882, A003245, A127187, A127188.

Sequence in context: A193473 A181509 A074023 * A167010 A014070 A198445

Adjacent sequences:  A000143 A000144 A000145 * A000147 A000148 A000149

KEYWORD

sign,nice,easy

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com).

EXTENSIONS

Signs courtesy of xpolakis(AT)hol.gr (Antreas P. Hatzipolakis). More terms from Michael Somos

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