A061780 Number of solutions to x + y + z = 0 mod (2n+1) such that x,y,z are units modulo 2n+1, i.e., gcd(x, 2n+1) = gcd(y, 2n+1) = gcd(z, 2n+1) = 1.

2, 12, 30, 18, 90, 132, 24, 240, 306, 60, 462, 300, 162, 756, 870, 180, 360, 1260, 264, 1560, 1722, 216, 2070, 1470, 480, 2652, 1080, 612, 3306, 3540, 540, 1584, 4290, 924, 4830, 5112, 600, 2700, 6006, 1458, 6642, 2880, 1512, 7656, 3960, 1740, 3672, 9120

Offset

1,1

Comments

This sequence is not multiplicative. What is multiplicative is the sequence b = 1,0,2,0,12,0,30, ... such that a(n) = b(2n+1) and b(2n)=0. - Robert Israel, Jan 29 2017

Links

Robert Israel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000

Masao Arai and Jiyu Gakuen, Problem E 1460, American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 68, No. 3 (1961), p. 295 and A Number-Theoretic Function, solution by Leonard Carlitz, American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 68, No. 9 (1961), pp. 932-933.

László Tóth, Another generalization of Euler's arithmetic function and Menon's identity, The Ramanujan Journal (2021).

Formula

If 2n+1 = p^k is a prime power with p an odd prime then a(n) = p^(2k-2) * (p^2 - 3p + 2).

a(n) = (2n+1)^2 * Product_{primes p | 2n+1} (1 - 3/p + 2/p^2). - Robert Israel, Jan 29 2017

Sum_{k=1..n} a(k) ~ c * (2*n)^3/3 + O(n^2*log(n)^3), where c = A065473 (Tóth, 2021). - Amiram Eldar, Jan 03 2022

Example

The only solutions modulo 3 in units are 1+1+1 = 0 mod 3, 2+2+2 = 0 mod 3 so the first element of the sequence is 2.

Maple

f:= n -> n^2*mul((1-1/p)*(1-2/p), p=numtheory:-factorset(n)):
seq(f(2*n+1), n=1..100); # Robert Israel, Jan 29 2017

Mathematica

a[n_] := (2*n+1)^2 * Product[(1-1/p)*(1-2/p), {p, FactorInteger[2*n+1][[;; , 1]]}]; Array[a, 50] (* Amiram Eldar, Jan 03 2022 *)

Crossrefs

Cf. A065473.

Sequence in context: A248119 A240764 A215784 * A249411 A156021 A067348

Adjacent sequences: A061777 A061778 A061779 * A061781 A061782 A061783

Keyword

nonn,look

Author

Ahmed Fares (ahmedfares(AT)my-deja.com), Jun 22 2001

Extensions

More terms from Vladeta Jovovic, Jun 23 2001

Corrected by Robert Israel, Jan 29 2017

Status

approved