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a(n) = Sum_{d|n} (-1)^(d-1)*d^9.
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%I #20 Nov 04 2022 10:47:37

%S 1,-511,19684,-262655,1953126,-10058524,40353608,-134480383,387440173,

%T -998047386,2357947692,-5170101020,10604499374,-20620693688,

%U 38445332184,-68853957119,118587876498,-197981928403,322687697780,-512998309530,794320419872,-1204911270612,1801152661464,-2647111858972

%N a(n) = Sum_{d|n} (-1)^(d-1)*d^9.

%H Seiichi Manyama, <a href="/A321548/b321548.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000</a>

%H J. W. L. Glaisher, <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=bLs9AQAAMAAJ&amp;pg=RA1-PA1">On the representations of a number as the sum of two, four, six, eight, ten, and twelve squares</a>, Quart. J. Math. 38 (1907), 1-62 (see p. 4 and p. 8).

%H <a href="/index/Ge#Glaisher">Index entries for sequences mentioned by Glaisher</a>.

%F G.f.: Sum_{k>=1} (-1)^(k-1)*k^9*x^k/(1 - x^k). - _Ilya Gutkovskiy_, Dec 23 2018

%F Multiplicative with a(2^e) = 2 - (2^(9*e + 9) - 1)/511, and a(p^e) = (p^(9*e + 9) - 1)/(p^9 - 1) for p > 2. - _Amiram Eldar_, Nov 04 2022

%t Table[Total[(-1)^(#-1) #^9&/@Divisors[n]],{n,30}] (* _Harvey P. Dale_, Sep 07 2020 *)

%t f[p_, e_] := (p^(9*e + 9) - 1)/(p^9 - 1); f[2, e_] := 2 - (2^(9*e + 9) - 1)/511; a[1] = 1; a[n_] := Times @@ f @@@ FactorInteger[n]; Array[a, 25] (* _Amiram Eldar_, Nov 04 2022 *)

%o (PARI) apply( a(n)=sumdiv(n, d, (-1)^(d-1)*d^9), [1..30]) \\ _M. F. Hasler_, Nov 26 2018

%Y Cf. A321543 - A321565, A321807 - A321836 for similar sequences.

%K sign,mult

%O 1,2

%A _N. J. A. Sloane_, Nov 23 2018