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A326196
Number of divisors of n that are reachable from n with some combination of transitions x -> gcd(x,sigma(x)) and x -> gcd(x,phi(x)).
8
1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 4, 3, 3, 2, 4, 2, 3, 3, 5, 2, 5, 2, 4, 3, 3, 2, 6, 3, 3, 4, 4, 2, 4, 2, 6, 3, 3, 2, 5, 2, 3, 3, 6, 2, 4, 2, 4, 3, 3, 2, 6, 3, 4, 3, 4, 2, 6, 3, 5, 3, 3, 2, 5, 2, 3, 4, 7, 2, 4, 2, 4, 3, 3, 2, 8, 2, 3, 3, 4, 2, 4, 2, 6, 5, 3, 2, 6, 2, 3, 3, 5, 2, 6, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 8, 2, 4, 3, 5, 2, 4, 2, 5, 3
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Number of distinct vertices in the directed acyclic graph formed by edge relations x -> A009194(x) and x -> A009195(x), where n is the unique root of the graph.
Because both A009194(n) and A009195(n) are divisors of n, it means that any number reached from n must also be a divisor of n. Number n is also included in the count as it is reached with an empty sequence of transitions.
Question: Are there any other numbers than those in A000961 for which a(n) = A000005(n) ?
LINKS
FORMULA
a(n) = A000005(n) - A326197(n).
a(n) > max(A326194(n), A326195(n)).
EXAMPLE
From n = 12 we can reach any of the following of its 6 divisors: 12 (with an empty combination of transitions), 4 (as A009194(12) = A009195(12) = 4), 2 (as A009195(4) = 2) and 1 (as A009194(4) = 1 = A009194(2) = A009195(2)), thus a(12) = 4.
The directed acyclic graph formed from those two transitions with 12 as its unique root looks like this:
12
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4
| \
| 2
| /
1
PROG
(PARI)
A326196aux(n, xs) = { xs = setunion([n], xs); if(1==n, xs, my(a=gcd(n, eulerphi(n)), b=gcd(n, sigma(n))); xs = A326196aux(a, xs); if((a==b)||(b==n), xs, A326196aux(b, xs))); };
A326196(n) = length(A326196aux(n, Set([])));
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Antti Karttunen, Aug 24 2019
STATUS
approved