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a(n) = Sum (-1)^k where the sum is over all factorizations of n into factors > 1 and k is the number of factors.
25

%I #11 Sep 23 2018 21:27:27

%S 1,-1,-1,0,-1,0,-1,-1,0,0,-1,0,-1,0,0,1,-1,0,-1,0,0,0,-1,1,0,0,-1,0,

%T -1,1,-1,-1,0,0,0,1,-1,0,0,1,-1,1,-1,0,0,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,-1,1,0,1,0,0,

%U -1,1,-1,0,0,1,0,1,-1,0,0,1,-1,0,-1,0,0,0,0,1,-1

%N a(n) = Sum (-1)^k where the sum is over all factorizations of n into factors > 1 and k is the number of factors.

%C First term greater than 1 in absolute value is a(256) = 2.

%H Antti Karttunen, <a href="/A316441/b316441.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..65537</a>

%H <a href="/index/Eu#epf">Index entries for sequences computed from exponents in factorization of n</a>

%F Dirichlet g.f.: Product_{n > 1} 1/(1 + 1/n^s).

%e The factorizations of 24 are (2*2*2*3), (2*2*6), (2*3*4), (2*12), (3*8), (4*6), (24); so a(24) = 1 - 2 + 3 - 1 = 1.

%t facs[n_]:=If[n<=1,{{}},Join@@Table[Map[Prepend[#,d]&,Select[facs[n/d],Min@@#>=d&]],{d,Rest[Divisors[n]]}]];

%t Table[Sum[(-1)^Length[f],{f,facs[n]}],{n,200}]

%o (PARI) A316441(n, m=n, k=0) = if(1==n, (-1)^k, my(s=0); fordiv(n, d, if((d>1)&&(d<=m), s += A316441(n/d, d, k+1))); (s)); \\ _Antti Karttunen_, Sep 08 2018, after _Michael B. Porter_'s code for A001055

%Y Cf. A001222, A001055, A045778, A114592, A162247, A190938, A259936, A281116, A303386.

%K sign

%O 1,256

%A _Gus Wiseman_, Jul 03 2018

%E Secondary offset added by _Antti Karttunen_, Sep 08 2018

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