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A346879
Sum of the divisors, except the smallest and the largest, of the n-th odd number.
4
0, 0, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 8, 0, 0, 10, 0, 5, 12, 0, 0, 14, 12, 0, 16, 0, 0, 32, 0, 7, 20, 0, 16, 22, 0, 0, 40, 18, 0, 26, 0, 0, 48, 18, 0, 39, 0, 22, 32, 0, 20, 34, 24, 0, 56, 0, 0, 86, 0, 0, 40, 0, 28, 64, 24, 11, 44, 30, 0, 46, 0, 26, 104, 0, 0, 50, 24, 34, 80, 0, 0, 80, 36
OFFSET
1,5
COMMENTS
a(n) has a symmetric representation.
FORMULA
a(n) = A048050(2*n-1).
EXAMPLE
For n = 5 the 5th odd number is 9 and the divisors of 9 are [1, 3, 9] and the sum of the divisors of 9 except the smaller and the largest is 3, so a(5) = 3.
For n = 6 the 6th odd number is 11 and the divisors of 11 are [1, 11] and the sum of the divisors of 11 except the smaller and the largest is 0, so a(6) = 0.
MATHEMATICA
a[1] = 0; a[n_] := DivisorSigma[1, 2*n - 1] - 2*n; Array[a, 100] (* Amiram Eldar, Aug 19 2021 *)
PROG
(Python)
from sympy import divisors
def a(n): return sum(divisors(2*n-1)[1:-1])
print([a(n) for n in range(1, 79)]) # Michael S. Branicky, Aug 19 2021
CROSSREFS
Bisection of A048050.
Partial sums give A346869.
Sequence in context: A218538 A243163 A209490 * A326397 A140577 A068606
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Omar E. Pol, Aug 18 2021
STATUS
approved