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A086327
Number of factors over Q in the factorization of the Chebyshev polynomial of the second kind U_n(x).
2
1, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 3, 4, 4, 2, 6, 2, 4, 6, 4, 2, 7, 2, 6, 6, 4, 2, 8, 4, 4, 6, 6, 2, 10, 2, 5, 6, 4, 6, 10, 2, 4, 6, 8, 2, 10, 2, 6, 10, 4, 2, 10, 4, 7, 6, 6, 2, 10, 6, 8, 6, 4, 2, 14, 2, 4, 10, 6, 6, 10, 2, 6, 6, 10, 2, 13, 2, 4, 10, 6, 6, 10, 2, 10, 8, 4, 2, 14, 6, 4, 6, 8, 2, 16, 6, 6, 6, 4, 6, 12, 2, 7, 10, 10, 2, 10, 2, 8, 14, 4
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Initial terms are consistent with A069930(n+1). - Andrew Howroyd, Jul 10 2018
a(n) = A069930(n+1) at least for the first 1515 terms. - Antti Karttunen, Sep 25 2018
LINKS
Gerzson Kéri, The factorization of compressed Chebyshev polynomials and other polynomials related to multiple-angle formulas, Annales Univ. Sci. Budapest (Hungary, 2022) Sect. Comp., Vol. 53, 93-108.
PROG
(PARI) a(n)={vecsum(factor(polchebyshev(n, 2, x))[, 2])} \\ Andrew Howroyd, Jul 10 2018
CROSSREFS
Cf. A001227 (number of factors of Chebyshev polynomials of 1st kind).
Sequence in context: A239452 A368468 A069930 * A114896 A216620 A181019
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Yuval Dekel (dekelyuval(AT)hotmail.com), Aug 30 2003
EXTENSIONS
a(11) corrected and a(19)-a(85) from Andrew Howroyd, Jul 10 2018
Terms a(86)-a(105) from Antti Karttunen, Sep 25 2018
STATUS
approved