OFFSET
1,3
LINKS
Amiram Eldar, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
FORMULA
Multiplicative with a(p^e) = (p-1) * p^floor((e-1)/3).
Dirichlet g.f.: zeta(3*s-1) * Product_{p prime} (1 + 1/p^(s-1) - 1/p^s + 1/p^(2*s-1) - 1/p^(2*s) - 1/p^(3*s)).
Sum_{k=1..n} a(k) ~ c * n^2 / 2, where c = zeta(5) * Product_{p prime} (1 - 2/p^2 + 2/p^3 - 2/p^4 + 1/p^5 - 1/p^6 + 1/p^7) = 0.47386381252034025417... .
MATHEMATICA
f[p_, e_] := (p-1) * p^Floor[(e-1)/3]; 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]-1) * f[i, 1]^((f[i, 2]-1)\3)); }
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,mult,easy
AUTHOR
Amiram Eldar, Nov 17 2025
STATUS
approved
