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A068773 Alternating sum phi(1) - phi(2) + phi(3) - phi(4) + ... + ((-1)^(n+1))*phi(n).

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 0, 2, 0, 4, 2, 8, 4, 10, 6, 16, 12, 24, 18, 26, 18, 34, 28, 46, 38, 50, 40, 62, 54, 74, 62, 80, 68, 96, 88, 118, 102, 122, 106, 130, 118, 154, 136, 160, 144, 184, 172, 214, 194, 218, 196, 242, 226, 268, 248, 280, 256, 308, 290, 330, 306, 342, 314, 372, 356
Offset: 1

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Author

Klaus Brockhaus, Feb 28 2002

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Examples

			a(3) = phi(1) - phi(2) + phi(3) = 1 - 1 + 2 = 2.
		

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Programs

  • Maple
    with(numtheory): seq(add((-1)^(k+1)*phi(k),k=1..n), n=1..80); # Ridouane Oudra, Mar 22 2024
  • Mathematica
    Accumulate[Array[(-1)^(# + 1) * EulerPhi[#] &, 100]] (* Amiram Eldar, Oct 14 2022 *)
  • PARI
    a068773(m)=local(s,n); s=0; for(n=1,m, if(n%2==0,s=s-eulerphi(n),s=s+eulerphi(n)); print1(s,","))
    
  • Python
    # uses code from A002088 and A049690
    def A068773(n): return A002088(n)-(A049690(n>>1)<<1) # Chai Wah Wu, Aug 04 2024

Formula

a(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} (-1)^(k+1)*phi(k).
a(n) = n^2/Pi^2 + O(n * log(n)^(2/3) * log(log(n))^(4/3)) (Tóth, 2017). - Amiram Eldar, Oct 14 2022
a(n) = 3*A002088(n) - 2*A049690(n). - Ridouane Oudra, Mar 22 2024
a(n) = A002088(n) - 2*A049690(floor(n/2)). - Chai Wah Wu, Aug 04 2024