OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
From Jianing Song, Sep 21 2018: (Start)
Numbers n such that A191255(n) = 0 or 3. Previous definition was numbers n such that A191255(2*n) = 1, that is, numbers of the form 2^(3t)*s where s is an odd number.
{+-a(n)} gives all nonzero cubes modulo all powers of 2, that is, nonzero cubes over the 2-adic integers. So this sequence is closed under multiplication. (End)
The old entry had the conjecture that a(n) = A067368(n)/2. Jianing Song, Sep 21 2018 showed that this is true, and gave us the simpler definition that we have now used. The conjecture is correct because {a(n)} lists the numbers of the form 2^(3t)*s, and {A067368(n)} lists the numbers of the form 2^(3t+1)*s, where s is an odd number. Note also that a(n) = A213258(n)/4.
The asymptotic density of this sequence is 4/7. - Amiram Eldar, May 31 2024
LINKS
Recto Rex M. Calingasan and Alexander Vincent B. Policarpio, On the zeros of the OEIS A191257 zeta function, AIP Conference Proceedings 1905, 030011 (2017).
MATHEMATICA
PROG
(PARI) isok(n) = valuation(2*n, 2)%3==1; \\ Altug Alkan, Sep 21 2018
CROSSREFS
Perfect powers over the 2-adic integers:
Cubes: this sequence;
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Clark Kimberling, May 28 2011
EXTENSIONS
Name corrected by Altug Alkan, Apr 03 2018
New name from Jianing Song, Sep 21 2018
STATUS
approved