A002654 Number of ways of writing n as a sum of at most two nonzero squares, where order matters; also (number of divisors of n of form 4m+1) - (number of divisors of form 4m+3).
1, 1, 0, 1, 2, 0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 1, 2, 1, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 3, 2, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 1, 0, 2, 0, 1, 2, 0, 0, 2, 2, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 1, 3, 0, 2, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 1, 4, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 1, 2, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 1, 2, 0, 0, 4, 0, 0, 0, 2, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 1, 0, 3, 2, 0, 0, 2, 0
Offset: 1
Examples
4 = 2^2, so a(4) = 1; 5 = 1^2 + 2^2 = 2^2 + 1^2, so a(5) = 2. x + x^2 + x^4 + 2*x^5 + x^8 + x^9 + 2*x^10 + 2*x^13 + x^16 + 2*x^17 + x^18 + ... 2 = (+1)^2 + (+1)^2 = (+1)^2 + (-1)^2 = (-1)^2 + (+1)^2 = (-1)^2 + (-1)^2. Hence there are 4 integer solutions, called N(2) in the Niven-Zuckerman reference, and a(2) = N(2)/4 = 1. 4 = 0^1 + (+2)^2 = (+2)^2 + 0^2 = 0^2 + (-2)^2 = (-2)^2 + 0^2. Hence N(4) = 4 and a(4) = N(4)/4 = 1. N(5) = 8, a(5) = 2. - _Wolfdieter Lang_, Apr 19 2013
References
- J. M. Borwein, D. H. Bailey and R. Girgensohn, Experimentation in Mathematics, A K Peters, Ltd., Natick, MA, 2004. x+357 pp. See p. 194.
- George Chrystal, Algebra: An elementary text-book for the higher classes of secondary schools and for colleges, 6th ed., Chelsea Publishing Co., New York, 1959, Part II, p. 346 Exercise XXI(17). MR0121327 (22 #12066)
- Emil Grosswald, Representations of Integers as Sums of Squares. Springer-Verlag, NY, 1985, p. 15.
- Ivan Niven and Herbert S. Zuckerman, An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers, New York: John Wiley, 1980, pp. 147 and 150.
- Günter Scheja and Uwe Storch, Lehrbuch der Algebra, Tuebner, 1988, p. 251.
- N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
- N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
- James J. Tattersall, Elementary Number Theory in Nine Chapters, Cambridge University Press, 1999, page 89.
- J. V. Uspensky and M. A. Heaslet, Elementary Number Theory, McGraw-Hill, NY, 1939, p. 340.
Links
- T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
- Michael Baake, Solution of the coincidence problem in dimensions d <= 4, in R. V. Moody, ed., The Mathematics of Long-Range Aperiodic Order, Kluwer 1997, pp. 9-44; arXiv:math/0605222 [math.MG], 2006.
- Michael Baake and Uwe Grimm, Quasicrystalline combinatorics, 2002.
- Shai Covo, Problem 3586, Crux Mathematicorum, Vol. 36, No. 7 (2010), pp. 461 and 463; Solution to Problem 3586 by the proposer, ibid., Vol. 37, No. 7 (2011), pp. 477-479.
- J. W. L. Glaisher, On the function chi(n), Quarterly Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, Vol. 20 (1884), pp. 97-167.
- J. W. L. Glaisher, On the function chi(n), Quarterly Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, Vol. 20 (1884), pp. 97-167. [Annotated scanned copy]
- J. W. L. Glaisher, On the function which denotes the difference between the number of (4m+1)-divisors and the number of (4m+3)-divisors of a number, Proc. London Math. Soc., Vol. 15 (1884), pp. 104-122.
- J. W. L. Glaisher, On the function which denotes the difference between the number of (4m+1)-divisors and the number of (4m+3)-divisors of a number, Proc. London Math. Soc., Vol. 15 (1884), pp. 104-122. [Annotated scanned copy of pages 104-107 only]
- J. W. L. Glaisher, On the representations of a number as the sum of two, four, six, eight, ten, and twelve squares, Quart. J. Math., Vol. 38 (1907), pp. 1-62 (see p. 4 and p. 8).
- Christian Kassel and Christophe Reutenauer, Pairs of intertwined integer sequences, arXiv:2507.15780 [math.NT], 2025. See p. 5.
- Vaclav Kotesovec, Graph - the asymptotic ratio of Sum_{k=1..n} a(k)^2
- Stephen C. Milne, Infinite families of exact sums of squares formulas, Jacobi elliptic functions, continued fractions and Schur functions, Ramanujan J., Vol. 6 (2002), pp. 7-149.
- PeakMath, L-functions and the Langlands program (RH Saga S1E2), YouTube video (2024).
- Srinivasa Ramanujan, Some formulas in the analytic theory of numbers, Messenger of Mathematics, XLV, 1916, 81-84, section (K).
- John S. Rutherford, Sublattice enumeration. IV. Equivalence classes of plane sublattices by parent Patterson symmetry and colour lattice group type, Acta Cryst. (2009). A65, 156-163. [See Table 1]. - From _N. J. A. Sloane_, Feb 23 2009
- Index entries for sequences related to sums of squares.
- Index entries for sequences related to sublattices.
- Index entries for "core" sequences.
- Index entries for sequences mentioned by Glaisher.
Crossrefs
Cf. A002175, A008441, A121444, A122856, A122865, A022544, A143574, A000265, A027748, A124010, A025426 (two squares, order does not matter), A120630 (Dirichlet inverse), A101455 (Mobius transform), A000089, A241011.
If one simply reads the table in Glaisher, PLMS 1884, which omits the zero entries, one gets A213408.
Programs
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Haskell
a002654 n = product $ zipWith f (a027748_row m) (a124010_row m) where f p e | p `mod` 4 == 1 = e + 1 | otherwise = (e + 1) `mod` 2 m = a000265 n -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Mar 18 2013 -
Maple
with(numtheory): A002654 := proc(n) local count1, count3, d; count1 := 0: count3 := 0: for d in numtheory[divisors](n) do if d mod 4 = 1 then count1 := count1+1 elif d mod 4 = 3 then count3 := count3+1 fi: end do: count1-count3; end proc: # second Maple program: a:= n-> add(`if`(d::odd, (-1)^((d-1)/2), 0), d=numtheory[divisors](n)): seq(a(n), n=1..100); # Alois P. Heinz, Feb 04 2020
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Mathematica
a[n_] := Count[Divisors[n], d_ /; Mod[d, 4] == 1] - Count[Divisors[n], d_ /; Mod[d, 4] == 3]; a/@Range[105] (* Jean-François Alcover, Apr 06 2011, after R. J. Mathar *) QP = QPochhammer; CoefficientList[(1/q)*(QP[q^2]^10/(QP[q]*QP[q^4])^4-1)/4 + O[q]^100, q] (* Jean-François Alcover, Nov 24 2015 *) f[2, e_] := 1; f[p_, e_] := If[Mod[p, 4] == 1, e + 1, Mod[e + 1, 2]]; a[1] = 1; a[n_] := Times @@ f @@@ FactorInteger[n]; Array[a, 100] (* Amiram Eldar, Sep 19 2020 *) Rest[CoefficientList[Series[EllipticTheta[3, 0, q]^2/4, {q, 0, 100}], q]] (* Vaclav Kotesovec, Mar 10 2023 *)
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PARI
direuler(p=2,101,1/(1-X)/(1-kronecker(-4,p)*X))
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PARI
{a(n) = polcoeff( sum(k=1, n, x^k / (1 + x^(2*k)), x * O(x^n)), n)} -
PARI
{a(n) = sumdiv( n, d, (d%4==1) - (d%4==3))} -
PARI
{a(n) = local(A); A = x * O(x^n); polcoeff( eta(x^2 + A)^10 / (eta(x + A) * eta(x^4 + A))^4 / 4, n)} \\ Michael Somos, Jun 03 2005 -
PARI
a(n)=my(f=factor(n>>valuation(n,2))); prod(i=1,#f~, if(f[i,1]%4==1, f[i,2]+1, (f[i,2]+1)%2)) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Sep 09 2014
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PARI
my(B=bnfinit(x^2+1)); vector(100,n,#bnfisintnorm(B,n)) \\ Joerg Arndt, Jun 01 2024
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Python
from math import prod from sympy import factorint def A002654(n): return prod(1 if p == 2 else (e+1 if p % 4 == 1 else (e+1) % 2) for p, e in factorint(n).items()) # Chai Wah Wu, May 09 2022
Formula
Dirichlet series: (1-2^(-s))^(-1)*Product (1-p^(-s))^(-2) (p=1 mod 4) * Product (1-p^(-2s))^(-1) (p=3 mod 4) = Dedekind zeta-function of Z[ i ].
Coefficients in expansion of Dirichlet series Product_p (1-(Kronecker(m, p)+1)*p^(-s)+Kronecker(m, p)*p^(-2s))^(-1) for m = -16.
If n=2^k*u*v, where u is product of primes 4m+1, v is product of primes 4m+3, then a(n)=0 unless v is a square, in which case a(n) = number of divisors of u (Jacobi).
Multiplicative with a(p^e) = 1 if p = 2; e+1 if p == 1 (mod 4); (e+1) mod 2 if p == 3 (mod 4). - David W. Wilson, Sep 01 2001
G.f. A(x) satisfies 0 = f(A(x), A(x^2), A(x^4)) where f(u, v, w) = (u - v)^2 - (v - w) * (4*w + 1). - Michael Somos, Jul 19 2004
G.f.: Sum_{n>=1} ((-1)^floor(n/2)*x^((n^2+n)/2)/(1+(-x)^n)). - Vladeta Jovovic, Sep 15 2004
Expansion of (eta(q^2)^10 / (eta(q) * eta(q^4))^4 - 1)/4 in powers of q.
G.f.: Sum_{k>0} x^k / (1 + x^(2*k)) = Sum_{k>0} -(-1)^k * x^(2*k - 1) / (1 - x^(2*k - 1)). - Michael Somos, Aug 17 2005
a(4*n + 3) = a(9*n + 3) = a(9*n + 6) = 0. a(9*n) = a(2*n) = a(n). - Michael Somos, Nov 01 2006
a(4*n + 1) = A008441(n). a(3*n + 1) = A122865(n). a(3*n + 2) = A122856(n). a(12*n + 1) = A002175(n). a(12*n + 5) = 2 * A121444(n). 4 * a(n) = A004018(n) unless n=0.
- Reinhard Zumkeller, Sep 27 2008
a(n) = Sum_{d|n} A056594(d-1), n >= 1. See the above comment on A056594(d-1) = h(d) of the Niven-Zuckerman reference. - Wolfdieter Lang, Apr 19 2013
Dirichlet g.f.: zeta(s)*beta(s) = zeta(s)*L(chi_2(4),s). - Ralf Stephan, Mar 27 2015
G.f.: (theta_3(x)^2 - 1)/4, where theta_3() is the Jacobi theta function. - Ilya Gutkovskiy, Apr 17 2018
a(n) = Sum_{ m: m^2|n } A000089(n/m^2). - Andrey Zabolotskiy, May 07 2018
a(n) = Im(Sum_{d|n} i^d). - Ridouane Oudra, Feb 02 2020
a(n) = Sum_{d|n} sin((1/2)*d*Pi). - Ridouane Oudra, Jan 22 2021
Sum_{n>=1} (-1)^n*a(n)/n = Pi*log(2)/4 (Covo, 2010). - Amiram Eldar, Apr 07 2022
Asymptotic mean: Limit_{m->oo} (1/m) * Sum_{k=1..m} a(k) = Pi/4 = 0.785398... (A003881). - Amiram Eldar, Oct 11 2022
From Vaclav Kotesovec, Mar 10 2023: (Start)
Sum_{k=1..n} a(k)^2 ~ n * (log(n) + C) / 4, where C = A241011 =
4*gamma - 1 + log(2)/3 - 2*log(Pi) + 8*log(Gamma(3/4)) - 12*Zeta'(2)/Pi^2 = 2.01662154573340811526279685971511542645018417752364748061...
The constant C, published by Ramanujan (1916, formula (22)), 4*gamma - 1 + log(2)/3 - log(Pi) + 4*log(Gamma(3/4)) - 12*Zeta'(2)/Pi^2 = 2.3482276258576... is wrong! (End)
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