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A392285
a(n) = omega(n) * (-1)^(bigomega(n) + 1).
3
0, 1, 1, -1, 1, -2, 1, 1, -1, -2, 1, 2, 1, -2, -2, -1, 1, 2, 1, 2, -2, -2, 1, -2, -1, -2, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 1, -2, -2, -2, -2, 1, -2, -2, -2, 1, 3, 1, 2, 2, -2, 1, 2, -1, 2, -2, 2, 1, -2, -2, -2, -2, -2, 1, -3, 1, -2, 2, -1, -2, 3, 1, 2, -2, 3
OFFSET
1,6
COMMENTS
a(n) is the number of distinct primes dividing n multiplied by the opposite of the Liouville's function lambda.
Möbius transform of A358769.
a(n) = 1 iff n is in A246551.
a(n) = -1 iff n is in A056798 minus {1}.
a(n) = 2 iff n is in A187039 minus {1}.
a(n) = -2 iff n is in A279458 minus {1}.
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FORMULA
a(n) = - A001221(n)*A008836(n).
a(n) = A001221(n)*(-1)^A073093(n).
a(n) = Sum_{d|n} mu(d)*A358769(n/d).
a(n) = Sum_{d|n} lambda(d)*A010051(n/d), where lambda = A008836.
a(n) = Sum_{d|n} omega(d)*A158522(n/d).
a(n) = Sum_{d|n} A010052(d)*A143519(n/d).
a(n) = Sum_{d|n} A062799(d)*A326415(n/d).
a(n) = Sum_{d|n} A007427(d)*A345345(n/d).
a(n*m) = lambda(n)*a(m) + lambda(m)*a(n), for all n, m such that gcd(n,m) = 1.
Dirichlet generating function: zeta(2s)/zeta(s) * primezeta(s).
EXAMPLE
a(33) = omega(33)*(-1)^(bigomega(33)+1) = 2*(-1) = -2.
MAPLE
with(numtheory): seq(nops(factorset(n))*(-1)^(bigomega(n)+1), n=1..120);
MATHEMATICA
Table[PrimeNu[n]*(-1)^(PrimeOmega[n] + 1), {n, 1, 120}]
KEYWORD
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AUTHOR
Ridouane Oudra, Feb 05 2026
STATUS
approved