OFFSET
1,2
LINKS
Amiram Eldar, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
FORMULA
Multiplicative with a(p^e) = 1 + (p^(2*floor((e-1)/2)+2) - 1)*p / (p^2-1) - [e == 2 (mod 4)] * p^(e/2), where [] is the Iverson bracket.
a(n) = 1 if and only if n is the square of a squarefree number (A062503).
Dirichlet g.f.: zeta(s) * zeta(2*s-2) * zeta(4*s-2) * Product_{p prime} (1 + 1/p^(s-1) - 1/p^(2*s-2) - 1/p^(2*s-1) + 1/p^(3*s-1) + 1/p^(4*s-3) - 1/p^(4*s-2) - 2/p^(5*s-3) + 1/p^(6*s-4)).
Sum_{k=1..n} a(k) ~ c * n^2 / 2, where c = zeta(2) * zeta(6) * Product_{p prime} (1 - 1/p^2 + 2/p^5 - 3/p^6 + 1/p^7) = 1.05515925301614983992... .
MATHEMATICA
f[p_, e_] := 1 + (p^(2*Floor[(e-1)/2]+2) - 1)*p / (p^2-1) - If[Mod[e, 4] == 2, p^(e/2), 0]; a[1] = 1; a[n_] := Times @@ f @@@ FactorInteger[n]; Array[a, 100]
PROG
(PARI) a(n) = {my(f = factor(n), p, e); prod(i = 1, #f~, p = f[i, 1]; e = f[i, 2]; 1 + (p^(2*((e-1)\2)+2) - 1)*p / (p^2-1) - if(e % 4 == 2, p^(e/2))); }
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy,mult
AUTHOR
Amiram Eldar, Nov 03 2025
STATUS
approved
