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A060606 The n-th term is the sum of lengths of iteration chains to get fixed points(=1) for Euler totient function from 1 to n. 0
0, 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 26, 29, 33, 36, 40, 44, 49, 52, 56, 60, 64, 68, 73, 77, 82, 86, 90, 94, 99, 103, 108, 113, 118, 123, 128, 132, 137, 141, 146, 151, 157, 161, 166, 171, 176, 181, 187, 192, 197, 202, 208, 213, 219, 223, 229, 234, 239, 244, 250, 255 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,3

REFERENCES

P. Erdos, A. Granville, C. Pomerance and C. Spiro, On the normal behavior of the iterates of some arithmetic functions, in Analytic Number Theory, pp. 165-204. Birkhauser, Basel, 1990.

H. Shapiro, An arithmetic function arising from Phi-function. American Math.Monthly 50:18-30.

LINKS

P. Erdos, A. Granville, C. Pomerance and C. Spiro, On the normal behavior of the iterates of some arithmetic functions

FORMULA

a(n)=Apply[Plus, {A003434(j), j=1..n}]

EXAMPLE

Iteration sequences of Phi applied to 1,2,3,4,5,6 give lengths 0,1,2,2,3,2 with partial sums as follows:0,1,3,5,8,10 resulting in the first six terms of this sequence. It differs by n from the analogous sums applied to A049108 sequence.

CROSSREFS

A049108, A003434.

Sequence in context: A184733 A004937 A186150 * A050504 A072150 A091309

Adjacent sequences:  A060603 A060604 A060605 * A060607 A060608 A060609

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Labos E. (labos(AT)ana.sote.hu), Apr 13 2001

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