OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Differs from A327171 at n = 8, 24, 27, 32, 40, 54, 56, ... .
LINKS
Amiram Eldar, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
FORMULA
Multiplicative with a(p) = (p-1) * p, and a(p^e) = (p-1) * p^(e-1) for e >= 2.
Dirichlet g.f.: zeta(s-1) * Product_{p prime} (1 + 1/p^(s-2) - 2/p^(s-1) - 1/p^(2*s-3) + 2/p^(2*s-2) - 1/p^(2*s-1)).
Sum_{k=1..n} a(k) ~ c * n^3 / 3, where c = zeta(2) * Product_{p prime} (1 - 3/p^2 + 1/p^3 + 3/p^4 - 3/p^5 + 1/p^6) = 0.44658498822682177228... .
Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) = zeta(2)^2 * Product_{p prime} (1 + 3/p^3 + 1/p^4 - 1/p^5) = 4.43107782971081507625... .
MATHEMATICA
f[p_, e_] := (p-1) * p^If[e == 1, 1, e-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] - 1) * f[i, 1]^if(f[i, 2] == 1, 1, f[i, 2] - 1)); }
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,mult,easy
AUTHOR
Amiram Eldar, Nov 17 2025
STATUS
approved
