OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Though {A172236(0,m)} is not defined, it can be understood as the sequence 0, 1, 0, 1, ... So the first column of each row (apart from the first one) is always 2.
Every row excluding the first term is antisymmetric, that is, T(n,k) = T(n,n-k) for 1 <= k <= n - 1.
T(n,k) is the multiplicative order of -((k + sqrt(k^2 + 4))/2)^2 modulo n*sqrt(k^2 + 4), where the multiplicative order of u modulo z is the smallest positive integer l such that (u^l - 1)/z is an algebraic integer.
FORMULA
Let p be an odd prime. (i) If k^2 + 4 is not divisible by p: if p == 1 (mod 4), then T(p^e,k) is divisible by p^(e-1)*(p - ((k^2+4)/p))/2; if p == 3 (mod 4), then T(p^e,k) is divisible by p^(e-1)*(p - ((k^2+4)/p)) but not divisible by p^(e-1)*(p - ((k^2+4)/p))/2. Here (a/p) is the Legendre symbol. (ii) If k^2 + 4 is divisible by p, then T(p^e,k) = p^e.
For e >= 3 and k > 0, T(2^e,k) = 3*2^(e-2) for odd k and 2^(e-v(k,2)+1) for even k, where v(k,2) is the 2-adic valuation of k.
If gcd(n_1,n_2) = 1, then T(n_1*n_2,k) = lcm(T(n_1,k mod n_1),T(n_2, k mod n_2)).
T(n,k) <= 2*n.
EXAMPLE
Table begins
1;
2, 3;
2, 4, 4;
2, 6, 4, 6;
2, 5, 3, 3, 5;
2, 12, 4, 6, 4, 12;
2, 8, 6, 8, 8, 6, 8;
2, 6, 8, 6, 4, 6, 8, 6;
2, 12, 12, 6, 4, 4, 6, 12, 12;
2, 15, 6, 3, 10, 6, 10, 3, 6, 15;
...
PROG
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,tabl
AUTHOR
Jianing Song, Nov 11 2018
STATUS
approved