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A054015
a(n) is Chowla function of n read modulo (number of proper divisors of n), a(1) = 0 by convention.
5
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 2, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 2, 0, 6, 0, 0, 2, 1, 0, 6, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 4, 0, 4, 2, 1, 0, 3, 1, 2, 2, 0, 0, 2, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 8, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 2, 2, 3, 0, 1, 0, 0, 3, 3, 0, 5, 0, 6, 3, 1, 0, 7, 1, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 2, 1, 4, 0, 1, 0, 0, 2
OFFSET
1,6
COMMENTS
Chowla's function (A048050) = sum of divisors of n except 1 and n.
FORMULA
a(1) = 0; for n > 1, a(n) = A048050(n) mod A032741(n).
MAPLE
with(numtheory): [seq((sigma(i)-i-1) mod (tau(i)-1), i=2..120); #i>1
PROG
(PARI) A054015(n) = if(1==n, 0, ((sigma(n)-n-1) % (numdiv(n)-1))); \\ Antti Karttunen, Oct 20 2017
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Asher Auel, Jan 17 2000
EXTENSIONS
Description clarified by Antti Karttunen, Oct 20 2017
STATUS
approved