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Deficiency of squares: a(n) = 2n^2 - sigma(n^2).
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%I #15 Nov 24 2024 11:27:39

%S 1,1,5,1,19,-19,41,1,41,-17,109,-115,155,-7,47,1,271,-199,341,-161,

%T 141,37,505,-499,469,71,365,-199,811,-1021,929,1,449,163,683,-1159,

%U 1331,221,663,-737,1639,-1659,1805,-251,299,361,2161,-2035,2001,-467,1211,-265,2755,-1819,1927,-967,1545,631,3421,-5293,3659,737

%N Deficiency of squares: a(n) = 2n^2 - sigma(n^2).

%C It is conjectured that 1's occur only when n is two's power (A000079), and that there are no -1's in this sequence. See comments in A033879 and in A337339.

%H Antti Karttunen, <a href="/A377879/b377879.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..20000</a>

%H <a href="/index/Si#SIGMAN">Index entries for sequences related to sigma(n)</a>.

%F a(n) = A033879(A000290(n)).

%t Table[2n^2-DivisorSigma[1, n^2], {n, 62}] (* _James C. McMahon_, Nov 24 2024 *)

%o (PARI)

%o A033879(n) = (n+n-sigma(n));

%o A377879(n) = A033879(n*n);

%Y Cf. A000290, A000079 (conjectured to give positions of all 1's), A033879, A378231 [= a(A003961(n))].

%Y Cf. A000012, A083884.

%Y Cf. also square array A083064.

%K sign

%O 1,3

%A _Antti Karttunen_, Nov 23 2024