OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
First differs from the sequence of absolute values of A063453 at n = 16.
LINKS
Amiram Eldar, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
FORMULA
Multiplicative with a(p^e) = p^max(e, 3) - 1.
Dirichlet g.f.: zeta(s-1) * zeta(s) * Product_{p prime} (1 + 1/p^(s-3) - 1/p^(s-1) - 2/p^s - 1/p^(2*s-4) + 2/p^(2*s-1) + 1/p^(4*s-4) - 1/p^(4*s-3)).
Sum_{k=1..n} a(k) ~ c * n^4 / 4, where c = zeta(3) * zeta(4) * Product_{p prime} (1 - 1/p^2 - 1/p^3 - 2/p^4 + 3/p^5 + 2/p^7 - 2/p^8 + 1/p^12 - 2/p^13 + 1/p^14) = 0.58988140992095483236... .
MATHEMATICA
f[p_, e_] := p^Max[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]^max(f[i, 2], 3)-1); }
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,mult,easy
AUTHOR
Amiram Eldar, Dec 30 2025
STATUS
approved
