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A091069 Moebius mu sequence for real quadratic extension sqrt(2). 1
1, 0, -1, 0, -1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, -1, 0, -1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, -1, 0, -1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, -1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, -1, 0, -1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, -1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, -1, 0, -1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, -1, 0, -1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, -1, 0, -1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, -1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, -1, 0, -1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, -1, 0, -1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, -1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, -1, 0 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENTS

Analog of Moebius mu with sqrt(2) adjoined. Same as mu (A008683) except: 0 for even n (A005843) due to square (extended prime) factor (sqrt2)^2 and rational primes of the form 8k+/-1 (A001132) factor into conjugate (extended prime) pairs (a + b sqrt2)(a - b sqrt2), thus contributing +1 to the product instead of -1; e.g. 7 = (3+sqrt2)(3-sqrt2).

First, for even n a(n) must be 0 because 2 is a square in the quadratic field and so the mu-analogue is 0. Of course this coincidentally matches the 0's at even n in A087003. Further, from its definition as a product, |a(n)| MUST be the same as that of |mu|. Since from the above we know that A087003 is the same as mu at odd n, we can conclude that |a(n)| = |A087003| for all n.

REFERENCES

G. H. Hardy and E. M. Wright, An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers, 5th ed., Oxford Univ. Press, 1979, Theorem 256, p. 221.

FORMULA

Zero if n even or has a square prime factor, otherwise product 2-|p mod 8| for each prime p dividing n (i.e. +1 if p=8k+/-1, -1 if p=8k+/-3).

EXAMPLE

a(21) = (-1)*(+1) = -1 because 21=3*7 which are respectively +3 and -1 mod 8

CROSSREFS

Absolute values are the same as those of A087003.

Cf. A008683, A005843, A001132.

Sequence in context: A100060 A147850 A099991 * A087003 A104606 A014389

Adjacent sequences:  A091066 A091067 A091068 * A091070 A091071 A091072

KEYWORD

mult,easy,sign

AUTHOR

Marc LeBrun (mlb(AT)well.com), Dec 17 2003

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