OFFSET
1,6
COMMENTS
Apparently A000961 gives the positions of zeros.
LINKS
Antti Karttunen, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..16384
Antti Karttunen, Data supplement: n, a(n) computed for n = 1..65537
MATHEMATICA
A011772[n_] := Module[{m = 1}, While[Not[IntegerQ[m(m+1)/(2n)]], m++]; m];
A344875[n_] := Product[{p, e} = pe; If[p == 2, 2^(1+e)-1, p^e-1], {pe, FactorInteger[n]}];
Array[a, 100] (* Jean-François Alcover, Jun 12 2021 *)
PROG
(PARI)
A011772(n) = { if(n==1, return(1)); my(f=factor(if(n%2, n, 2*n)), step=vecmax(vector(#f~, i, f[i, 1]^f[i, 2]))); forstep(m=step, 2*n, step, if(m*(m-1)/2%n==0, return(m-1)); if(m*(m+1)/2%n==0, return(m))); }; \\ From A011772
A344875(n) = { my(f=factor(n)~); prod(i=1, #f, (f[1, i]^(f[2, i]+(2==f[1, i]))-1)); };
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,look
AUTHOR
Antti Karttunen, Jun 03 2021
STATUS
approved