OFFSET
1,3
FORMULA
It appears that a(n) > tau(n) for n >= 4.
EXAMPLE
a(9) = tau(9-1)+tau(9-3) = tau(8)+tau(6) = 4+4 = 8.
MAPLE
with(numtheory): a:=proc(n) local div: div:=divisors(n): sum(tau(n-div[j]), j=1..tau(n)-1): end: seq(a(n), n=2..90); # Emeric Deutsch, Aug 05 2005
MATHEMATICA
f[n_] := Plus @@ (DivisorSigma[0, n - # ] & /@ Most[Divisors[n]]); Table[ f[n], {n, 79}] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Aug 05 2005 *)
PROG
(PARI) a(n) = sumdiv(n, d, if (d<n, numdiv(n-d))); \\ Michel Marcus, Aug 20 2019
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Amarnath Murthy, Jul 31 2005
EXTENSIONS
Edited, corrected and extended by Emeric Deutsch and Robert G. Wilson v, Aug 05 2005
STATUS
approved