OFFSET
1,2
LINKS
Amiram Eldar, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
FORMULA
Multiplicative with a(p^e) = (p^(e + 1 + ((3-e) mod 3)) - 1)/(p-1).
Sum_{k=1..n} a(k) ~ c * n^4 / 4, where c = zeta(4) * zeta(9) * Product_{p prime} (1 - 1/p^4 - 1/p^9 + 1/p^10) = 1.00092987505793961871... .
MATHEMATICA
f[p_, e_] := (p^(e + 1 + Mod[3 - e, 3]) - 1)/(p - 1); a[1] = 1; a[n_] := Times @@ f @@@ FactorInteger[n]; Array[a, 100]
PROG
(PARI) a(n) = {my(f = factor(n)); prod(i = 1, #f~, (f[i, 1]^(f[i, 2] + 1 + (3-f[i, 2])%3) - 1) / (f[i, 1] - 1)); }
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,mult,easy
AUTHOR
Amiram Eldar, Nov 14 2025
STATUS
approved
