OFFSET
1,2
LINKS
Amiram Eldar, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
FORMULA
Multiplicative with a(p^e) = p^(e + (e mod 2)) - 1.
Dirichlet g.f.: zeta(s) * zeta(2*s-2) * Product_{p prime} (1 + 1/p^(s-2) - 2/p^s - 1/p^(2*s-2) + 1/p^(3*s-2)).
Sum_{k=1..n} a(k) ~ c * n^3 / 3, where c = zeta(3) * zeta(4) * Product_{p prime} (1 - 1/p^2 - 2/p^3 + 1/p^4 + 1/p^5 + 1/p^7 - 1/p^8) = 0.57579534714985053947... .
MATHEMATICA
f[p_, e_] := p^(e + Mod[e, 2]) - 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] + f[i, 2]%2)-1); }
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,mult,easy
AUTHOR
Amiram Eldar, Dec 30 2025
STATUS
approved
