A244971 Number of regions in the symmetric representation of sigma(n) on the four quadrants.

1, 1, 4, 1, 4, 1, 4, 1, 8, 4, 4, 1, 4, 4, 8, 1, 4, 1, 4, 1, 12, 4, 4, 1, 8, 4, 12, 1, 4, 1, 4, 1, 12, 4, 8, 1, 4, 4, 12, 1, 4, 1, 4, 4, 8, 4, 4, 1, 8, 8, 12, 4, 4, 1, 12, 1, 12, 4, 4, 1, 4, 4, 16, 1, 12, 1, 4, 4, 12, 8, 4, 1, 4, 4, 12, 4, 8, 4, 4, 1, 16, 4, 4, 1, 12, 4, 12, 1, 4, 1

Offset

1,3

Comments

Partial sums give A244970.

Number of terraces at the n-th level (starting from the top) of the stepped pyramid described in A244050. - Omar E. Pol, Apr 20 2016

Links

Antti Karttunen, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..5000 (computed from the b-file of A237271 provided by Michel Marcus)

Formula

a(n) = 1, if A237271(n) = 1.

a(n) = 4*(A237271(n) - 1), if A237271(n) > 1.

Example

From Omar E. Pol, Apr 20 2016: (Start)
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Note that the above diagram contains a hidden pattern, simpler, which emerges from the front view of every corner of the stepped pyramid.
For more information about the hidden pattern see A237593.
(End)

Prog

(PARI) lista() = {v = readvec("b237271.txt"); for (i=1, #v, vi = v[i]; if (vi == 1, w = 1, w = 4*(vi-1)); print1(w, ", "); ); } \\ Michel Marcus, Sep 29 2014

Crossrefs

Cf. A000203, A196020, A235791, A236104, A237270, A237271, A237591, A237593, A239050, A239660, A239931-A239934, A244050, A244370, A244371, A244970, A245092.

Sequence in context: A010685 A174571 A099301 * A050347 A240226 A322515

Adjacent sequences: A244968 A244969 A244970 * A244972 A244973 A244974

Keyword

nonn

Author

Omar E. Pol, Jul 08 2014

Status

approved