OFFSET
1,2
LINKS
Amiram Eldar, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
FORMULA
Multiplicative with a(p^e) = p^(e + ((3-e) mod 2)) - 1.
Dirichlet g.f.: zeta(s) * zeta(3*s-3) * Product_{p prime} (1 + 1/p^(s-3) - 2/p^s - 1/p^(3*s-3) + 1/p^(4*s-3)).
Sum_{k=1..n} a(k) ~ c * n^4 / 4, where c = zeta(4) * zeta(9) * Product_{p prime} (1 - 1/p^2 - 2/p^4 + 2/p^5 - 1/p^9 + 1/p^10 + 1/p^13 - 1/p^14) = 0.59019564513913623274... .
MATHEMATICA
f[p_, e_] := p^(e + Mod[3-e, 3]) - 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] + (3-f[i, 2])%3)-1); }
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,mult,easy
AUTHOR
Amiram Eldar, Dec 30 2025
STATUS
approved
