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A178408
Triangle T(n,k) read by rows. Each column is the Mobius function "recurrence" with the previous column as input.
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1, 0, -1, 0, -1, 0, 0, -1, 1, 0, 0, -1, 0, 0, 0, 0, -1, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, -1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, -1, 2, -1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, -1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, -1, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, -1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, -1, 4, -3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, -1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, -1, 2, 0, 0, 0
OFFSET
1,18
COMMENTS
The title says "recurrence" in quotes because the Mobius function does not have a regular recurrence. Row sums are A008683. Number of nonzero elements in the rows are A086436 which is essentially the same as A001222. Each row is a row in a Pascal like triangle.
EXAMPLE
Table begins:
1,
0,-1,
0,-1,0,
0,-1,1,0,
0,-1,0,0,0,
0,-1,2,0,0,0,
0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,
0,-1,2,-1,0,0,0,0,
0,-1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,-1,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
sign,tabl
AUTHOR
Mats Granvik, May 27 2010
STATUS
approved