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A329152 a(n) = Sum_{i=1..n-1} Sum_{j=1..i-1} [1 == i*j (mod n)], where [] is the Iverson bracket. 2

%I #59 May 05 2020 22:20:08

%S 0,0,0,0,1,0,2,0,2,1,4,0,5,2,2,2,7,2,8,2,4,4,10,0,9,5,8,4,13,2,14,6,8,

%T 7,10,4,17,8,10,4,19,4,20,8,10,10,22,4,20,9,14,10,25,8,18,8,16,13,28,

%U 4,29,14,16,14,22,8,32,14,20,10,34,8,35,17,18,16,28,10,38,12

%N a(n) = Sum_{i=1..n-1} Sum_{j=1..i-1} [1 == i*j (mod n)], where [] is the Iverson bracket.

%C In other words, a(n) is the number of choices for k, 1 <= k <= n, so that k*n + 1 has the form a*b for 1 < a < b < n.

%C Solutions exist only when 1 <= k <= n - 3.

%C Any odd number greater than 3 has at least one solution, 2*ceiling(n/2).

%C Observations:

%C - Unique values of a(n) exist, 6 = a(32), 24 = a(240), 126 = a(512), 144 = a(1320), ..., and n mod 8 = 0.

%C - If a(n) is an odd prime then a(n) = a(2*n) OR a(n) = a(n/2). For example, 1013 = a(2029) = a(2197) = a(4058) = a(4394).

%e a(1)=0 because there is no solution to k*1 + 1 = a*b, 1 < a < b < n, 1 <= k < n.

%e a(5)=1 because 1 == 3*2 (mod 5).

%e a(7)=2 because 1 == 4*2 == 5*3 (mod 7).

%e a(11)=4 because 1 == 4*3 == 6*2 == 8*7 == 9*5 (mod 11).

%e a(13)=5 because 1 == 7*2 == 8*5 == 9*3 == 10*4 = 11*6 (mod 13).

%e a(32)=6 because 1 == 11*3 == 13*5 == 23*7 == 25*9 == 27*19 == 29*21 (mod 32).

%t Array[Sum[Sum[Boole[Mod[i j, #] == 1], {j, i - 1}], {i, # - 1}] &, 80] (* _Michael De Vlieger_, Mar 15 2020 *)

%o (PARI) a(n) = {my(x=0); for (i = 1, n - 1, for (ii = 1, i - 1, if(1 == ((ii*i) % n), x++))); return(x)}

%o for (n = 1, 100, print1(a(n), ", "))

%K nonn

%O 1,7

%A _Torlach Rush_, Feb 25 2020

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