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A230798
The number of distinct coefficients in the n-th cyclotomic polynomial.
4
2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 3, 1, 2, 3, 2, 1, 3, 1, 3, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 2, 2, 3, 1, 3, 1, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 1, 2, 3, 3, 1, 3, 1, 3, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 1, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 1, 3, 1, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 1, 3, 3, 3, 1, 3, 1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 1, 3, 2, 2, 1, 3, 3, 2
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
a(n) = 1 if n is a prime.
The sum of the coefficients in the n-th cyclotomic polynomial is given by A020500.
The first occurrence of 4 in this sequence is a(105).
EXAMPLE
a(12)=3 because the distinct coefficients of the 12th cyclotomic polynomial, x^4-x^2+1, are 0, 1 and -1.
MATHEMATICA
Table[Length[Union[CoefficientList[Cyclotomic[n, x], x]]], {n, 100}] (* T. D. Noe, Dec 09 2013 *)
PROG
(PARI) a(n) = #vecsort(Vec(polcyclo(n)), , 8)
CROSSREFS
Cf. A231611 (least k for which cyclotomic(k) has n distinct terms).
Sequence in context: A053574 A321944 A065203 * A266224 A029396 A084746
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Colin Barker, Oct 30 2013
STATUS
approved