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A114643
Number of real primitive Dirichlet characters modulo n.
9
1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 2, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 2, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 2, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 2, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 2, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 2, 1
OFFSET
1,8
COMMENTS
a(n) = 1 if either n or -n is a fundamental discriminant (not both); a(n) = 2 if n and -n are fundamental discriminants; a(n) = 0 otherwise. Also, Sum_{k=1..n} a(k) is asymptotic to (6/Pi^2)*n.
From Jianing Song, Feb 27 2019: (Start)
If n is an odd squarefree number, then a(n) = 1, where the unique real primitive Dirichlet character modulo n is {Kronecker(n,k)} = {Jacobi(k,n)} if n == 1 (mod 4) and {Kronecker(-n,k)} = {Jacobi(k,n)} if n == 3 (mod 4).
If n = 4*m, m is an odd squarefree number, then a(n) is also 1, where the unique real primitive Dirichlet character modulo n is {Kronecker(-n,k)} if m == 1 (mod 4) and {Kronecker(n,k)} if m == 3 (mod 4).
If n is 8 times an odd squarefree number, then a(n) = 2, where the two real primitive Dirichlet characters modulo n are {Kronecker(n,k)} and {Kronecker(-n,k)}.
a(n) = 0 if n == 2 (mod 4), n is divisible by 16 or the square of an odd prime. (End)
Mobius transform of A060594. - Jianing Song, Mar 02 2019
REFERENCES
W. Ellison and F. Ellison, Prime Numbers, Wiley, 1985, pp. 224-226.
LINKS
Steven R. Finch, Cubic and quartic characters [Broken link]
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Dirichlet L-Series.
I. J. Zucker and M. M. Robertson, Some properties of Dirichlet L-series, J. Phys. A 9 (1976) 1207-1214.
FORMULA
This sequence is multiplicative with a(2) = 0, a(4) = 1, a(8) = 2, a(2^r) = 0 for r > 3, a(p) = 1 for prime p > 2 and a(p^r) = 0 for r > 1. - Steven Finch, Mar 08 2006 (With correction by Jianing Song, Jun 28 2018)
Dirichlet g.f.: zeta(s)*(1 + 2^(-2s) + 2^(1-3s))/(zeta(2s)*(1 + 2^(-s))). - R. J. Mathar, Jul 03 2011
EXAMPLE
From Jianing Song, Feb 27 2019: (Start)
For n = 5, the only real primitive Dirichlet characters modulo n is {Kronecker(5,k)} = [0, 1, -1, -1, 1] = A080891, so a(5) = 1.
For n = 8, the real primitive Dirichlet characters modulo n are {Kronecker(8,k)} = [0, 1, 0, -1, 0, -1, 0, 1] = A091337 and [0, 1, 0, 1, 0, -1, 0, -1] = A188510, so a(8) = 2.
For n = 20, the only real primitive Dirichlet characters modulo n is {Kronecker(-20,k)} = [0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, -1, 0, -1, 0, 0, 0, -1, 0, -1] = A289741, so a(20) = 1. (End)
MAPLE
A114643 := proc(n)
local a, pf, p, r;
a := 1 ;
for pf in ifactors(n)[2] do
p := op(1, pf);
r := op(2, pf);
if p = 2 then
if r = 1 then
a := 0 ;
elif r = 2 then
;
elif r = 3 then
a := a*2 ;
elif r >= 4 then
a := 0 ;
end if;
else
if r =1 then
;
else
a := 0 ;
end if;
end if;
end do:
a ;
end proc:
seq(A114643(n), n=1..40) ; # R. J. Mathar, Mar 02 2015
# Alternative:
f:= proc(n) local r, v, F;
v:= padic:-ordp(n, 2);
if v = 1 or v >= 4 then return 0
elif v = 3 then r:= 2
else r:= 1
fi;
if numtheory:-issqrfree(n/2^v) then r else 0 fi
end proc:
map(f, [$1..100]); # Robert Israel, Oct 08 2017
MATHEMATICA
a[n_] := Sum[ MoebiusMu[n/d] * Sum[ If[ Mod[i^2 - 1, d] == 0, 1, 0], {i, 2, d}], {d, Divisors[n]}]; a[1] = 1; Table[a[n], {n, 1, 105}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Jun 20 2013, after Steven Finch *)
f[2, e_] := Which[e == 1, 0, e == 2, 1, e == 3, 2, e >= 4, 0]; f[p_, e_] := If[e == 1, 1, 0]; a[1] = 1; a[n_] := Times @@ f @@@ FactorInteger[n]; Array[a, 100] (* Amiram Eldar, Sep 16 2020 *)
PROG
(PARI) a(n)=sum(d=1, n, if(n%d==0, moebius(n/d)*sum(i=1, d, if((i^2-1)%d, 0, 1)), 0)) \\ Steven Finch, Jun 09 2009
CROSSREFS
Cf. A160498 (number of cubic primitive Dirichlet characters modulo n), A160499 (number of quartic primitive Dirichlet characters modulo n).
Cf. A060594 (number of solutions to x^2 == 1 (mod n)).
Sequence in context: A375107 A079409 A369461 * A369055 A038498 A361984
KEYWORD
nonn,mult
AUTHOR
Steven Finch, Feb 16 2006
STATUS
approved