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A185266 Gauss's constant beta = 2*alpha*gamma + 3*alpha^2*h - log(2)*alpha/6, where alpha = 4/Pi^2 (A185199), gamma is Euler's constant (A001620) and h = -Zeta(1,2) (A073002).

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8, 8, 3, 0, 4, 6, 0, 4, 6, 1, 6, 5, 0, 5, 9, 5, 2, 7, 8, 0, 5, 2, 4, 4, 4, 2, 9, 1, 9, 0, 3, 9, 3, 1, 1, 6, 2, 1, 3, 6, 5, 1, 2, 4, 3, 0, 7, 7, 9, 6, 3, 9, 0, 0, 9, 3, 0, 5, 1, 4, 8, 0, 1, 6, 6, 3, 5, 9, 6, 2, 7, 4, 9, 4, 6, 7, 3, 3, 3, 1, 8, 8, 1, 6, 4, 6, 8, 5, 9, 6, 7, 6, 1, 5, 1, 8, 9, 4
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N. J. A. Sloane, Feb 19 2011

Keywords

Examples

			.88304604616505952780524442919039311621365124307796390093051...
		

References

  • C. F. Gauss, Disquisitiones Arithmeticae, Yale, 1965; see p. 358 (there is a typo in the definition: in the last line on page 358, "a" should be alpha).

Programs

  • Mathematica
    RealDigits[(8/Pi^2)*EulerGamma - (48/Pi^4)*Zeta'[2] - (2/3)*Log[2]/Pi^2, 10, 50][[1]] (* G. C. Greubel, Jun 25 2017 *)

A000290 The squares: a(n) = n^2.

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0, 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 100, 121, 144, 169, 196, 225, 256, 289, 324, 361, 400, 441, 484, 529, 576, 625, 676, 729, 784, 841, 900, 961, 1024, 1089, 1156, 1225, 1296, 1369, 1444, 1521, 1600, 1681, 1764, 1849, 1936, 2025, 2116, 2209, 2304, 2401, 2500
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To test if a number is a square, see Cohen, p. 40. - N. J. A. Sloane, Jun 19 2011
Zero followed by partial sums of A005408 (odd numbers). - Jeremy Gardiner, Aug 13 2002
Begin with n, add the next number, subtract the previous number and so on ending with subtracting a 1: a(n) = n + (n+1) - (n-1) + (n+2) - (n-2) + (n+3) - (n-3) + ... + (2n-1) - 1 = n^2. - Amarnath Murthy, Mar 24 2004
Sum of two consecutive triangular numbers A000217. - Lekraj Beedassy, May 14 2004
Numbers with an odd number of divisors: {d(n^2) = A048691(n); for the first occurrence of 2n + 1 divisors, see A071571(n)}. - Lekraj Beedassy, Jun 30 2004
See also A000037.
First sequence ever computed by electronic computer, on EDSAC, May 06 1949 (see Renwick link). - Russ Cox, Apr 20 2006
Numbers k such that the imaginary quadratic field Q(sqrt(-k)) has four units. - Marc LeBrun, Apr 12 2006
For n > 0: number of divisors of (n-1)th power of any squarefree semiprime: a(n) = A000005(A006881(k)^(n-1)); a(n) = A000005(A000400(n-1)) = A000005(A011557(n-1)) = A000005(A001023(n-1)) = A000005(A001024(n-1)). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Mar 04 2007
If a 2-set Y and an (n-2)-set Z are disjoint subsets of an n-set X then a(n-2) is the number of 3-subsets of X intersecting both Y and Z. - Milan Janjic, Sep 19 2007
Numbers a such that a^1/2 + b^1/2 = c^1/2 and a^2 + b = c. - Cino Hilliard, Feb 07 2008 (this comment needs clarification, Joerg Arndt, Sep 12 2013)
Numbers k such that the geometric mean of the divisors of k is an integer. - Ctibor O. Zizka, Jun 26 2008
Equals row sums of triangle A143470. Example: 36 = sum of row 6 terms: (23 + 7 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1). - Gary W. Adamson, Aug 17 2008
Equals row sums of triangles A143595 and A056944. - Gary W. Adamson, Aug 26 2008
Number of divisors of 6^(n-1) for n > 0. - J. Lowell, Aug 30 2008
Denominators of Lyman spectrum of hydrogen atom. Numerators are A005563. A000290-A005563 = A000012. - Paul Curtz, Nov 06 2008
a(n) is the number of all partitions of the sum 2^2 + 2^2 + ... + 2^2, (n-1) times, into powers of 2. - Valentin Bakoev, Mar 03 2009
a(n) is the maximal number of squares that can be 'on' in an n X n board so that all the squares turn 'off' after applying the operation: in any 2 X 2 sub-board, a square turns from 'on' to 'off' if the other three are off. - Srikanth K S, Jun 25 2009
Zero together with the numbers k such that 2 is the number of perfect partitions of k. - Juri-Stepan Gerasimov, Sep 26 2009
Totally multiplicative sequence with a(p) = p^2 for prime p. - Jaroslav Krizek, Nov 01 2009
Satisfies A(x)/A(x^2), A(x) = A173277: (1, 4, 13, 32, 74, ...). - Gary W. Adamson, Feb 14 2010
Positive members are the integers with an odd number of odd divisors and an even number of even divisors. See also A120349, A120359, A181792, A181793, A181795. - Matthew Vandermast, Nov 14 2010
Besides the first term, this sequence is the denominator of Pi^2/6 = 1 + 1/4 + 1/9 + 1/16 + 1/25 + 1/36 + ... . - Mohammad K. Azarian, Nov 01 2011
Partial sums give A000330. - Omar E. Pol, Jan 12 2013
Drmota, Mauduit, and Rivat proved that the Thue-Morse sequence along the squares is normal; see A228039. - Jonathan Sondow, Sep 03 2013
a(n) can be decomposed into the sum of the four numbers [binomial(n, 1) + binomial(n, 2) + binomial(n-1, 1) + binomial(n-1, 2)] which form a "square" in Pascal's Triangle A007318, or the sum of the two numbers [binomial(n, 2) + binomial(n+1, 2)], or the difference of the two numbers [binomial(n+2, 3) - binomial(n, 3)]. - John Molokach, Sep 26 2013
In terms of triangular tiling, the number of equilateral triangles with side length 1 inside an equilateral triangle with side length n. - K. G. Stier, Oct 30 2013
Number of positive roots in the root systems of type B_n and C_n (when n > 1). - Tom Edgar, Nov 05 2013
Squares of squares (fourth powers) are also called biquadratic numbers: A000583. - M. F. Hasler, Dec 29 2013
For n > 0, a(n) is the largest integer k such that k^2 + n is a multiple of k + n. More generally, for m > 0 and n > 0, the largest integer k such that k^(2*m) + n is a multiple of k + n is given by k = n^(2*m). - Derek Orr, Sep 03 2014
For n > 0, a(n) is the number of compositions of n + 5 into n parts avoiding the part 2. - Milan Janjic, Jan 07 2016
a(n), for n >= 3, is also the number of all connected subtrees of a cycle graph, having n vertices. - Viktar Karatchenia, Mar 02 2016
On every sequence of natural continuous numbers with an even number of elements, the summatory of the second half of the sequence minus the summatory of the first half of the sequence is always a square. Example: Sequence from 61 to 70 has an even number of elements (10). Then 61 + 62 + 63 + 64 + 65 = 315; 66 + 67 + 68 + 69 + 70 = 340; 340 - 315 = 25. (n/2)^2 for n = number of elements. - César Aguilera, Jun 20 2016
On every sequence of natural continuous numbers from n^2 to (n+1)^2, the sum of the differences of pairs of elements of the two halves in every combination possible is always (n+1)^2. - César Aguilera, Jun 24 2016
Suppose two circles with radius 1 are tangent to each other as well as to a line not passing through the point of tangency. Create a third circle tangent to both circles as well as the line. If this process is continued, a(n) for n > 0 is the reciprocals of the radii of the circles, beginning with the largest circle. - Melvin Peralta, Aug 18 2016
Does not satisfy Benford's law [Ross, 2012]. - N. J. A. Sloane, Feb 08 2017
Numerators of the solution to the generalization of the Feynman triangle problem, with an offset of 2. If each vertex of a triangle is joined to the point (1/p) along the opposite side (measured say clockwise), then the area of the inner triangle formed by these lines is equal to (p - 2)^2/(p^2 - p + 1) times the area of the original triangle, p > 2. For example, when p = 3, the ratio of the areas is 1/7. The denominators of the ratio of the areas is given by A002061. [Cook & Wood, 2004] - Joe Marasco, Feb 20 2017
Equals row sums of triangle A004737, n >= 1. - Martin Michael Musatov, Nov 07 2017
Right-hand side of the binomial coefficient identity Sum_{k = 0..n} (-1)^(n+k+1)*binomial(n,k)*binomial(n + k,k)*(n - k) = n^2. - Peter Bala, Jan 12 2022
Conjecture: For n>0, min{k such that there exist subsets A,B of {0,1,2,...,a(n)-1} such that |A|=|B|=k and A+B contains {0,1,2,...,a(n)-1}} = n. - Michael Chu, Mar 09 2022
Number of 3-permutations of n elements avoiding the patterns 132, 213, 321. See Bonichon and Sun. - Michel Marcus, Aug 20 2022
Number of intercalates in cyclic Latin squares of order 2n (cyclic Latin squares of odd order do not have intercalates). - Eduard I. Vatutin, Feb 15 2024
a(n) is the number of ternary strings of length n with at most one 0, exactly one 1, and no restriction on the number of 2's. For example, a(3)=9, consisting of the 6 permutations of the string 102 and the 3 permutations of the string 122. - Enrique Navarrete, Mar 12 2025

Examples

			For n = 8, a(8) = 8 * 15 - (1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 9 + 11 + 13) - 7 = 8 * 15 - 49 - 7 = 64. - _Bruno Berselli_, May 04 2010
G.f. = x + 4*x^2 + 9*x^3 + 16*x^4 + 25*x^5 + 36*x^6 + 49*x^7 + 64*x^8 + 81*x^9 + ...
a(4) = 16. For n = 4 vertices, the cycle graph C4 is A-B-C-D-A. The subtrees are: 4 singles: A, B, C, D; 4 pairs: A-B, BC, C-D, A-D; 4 triples: A-B-C, B-C-D, C-D-A, D-A-B; 4 quads: A-B-C-D, B-C-D-A, C-D-A-B, D-A-B-C; 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 = 16. - _Viktar Karatchenia_, Mar 02 2016
		

References

  • G. L. Alexanderson et al., The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, Problems and Solutions: 1965-1984, "December 1967 Problem B4(a)", pp. 8(157) MAA Washington DC 1985.
  • T. M. Apostol, Introduction to Analytic Number Theory, Springer-Verlag, 1976, page 2.
  • Albert H. Beiler, Recreations in the theory of numbers, New York, Dover, (2nd ed.) 1966. See Chapter XV, pp. 135-167.
  • R. P. Burn & A. Chetwynd, A Cascade Of Numbers, "The prison door problem" Problem 4 pp. 5-7; 79-80 Arnold London 1996.
  • H. Cohen, A Course in Computational Algebraic Number Theory, Springer, 1996, p. 40.
  • John H. Conway and Richard K. Guy, The Book of Numbers, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1996. See pp. 31, 36, 38, 63.
  • E. Deza and M. M. Deza, Figurate numbers, World Scientific Publishing (2012), p. 6.
  • M. Gardner, Time Travel and Other Mathematical Bewilderments, Chapter 6 pp. 71-2, W. H. Freeman NY 1988.
  • Granino A. Korn and Theresa M. Korn, Mathematical Handbook for Scientists and Engineers, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York (1968), p. 982.
  • Jan Gullberg, Mathematics from the Birth of Numbers, W. W. Norton & Co., NY & London, 1997, §8.1 Terminology and §8.6 Figurate Numbers, pp. 264, 290-291.
  • Alfred S. Posamentier, The Art of Problem Solving, Section 2.4 "The Long Cell Block" pp. 10-1; 12; 156-7 Corwin Press Thousand Oaks CA 1996.
  • Alfred S. Posamentier, Math Charmers, Tantalizing Tidbits for the Mind, Prometheus Books, NY, 2003, pages 35, 52-53, 129-132, 244.
  • Michel Rigo, Formal Languages, Automata and Numeration Systems, 2 vols., Wiley, 2014. Mentions this sequence - see "List of Sequences" in Vol. 2.
  • 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).
  • J. K. Strayer, Elementary Number Theory, Exercise Set 3.3 Problems 32, 33, p. 88, PWS Publishing Co. Boston MA 1996.
  • C. W. Trigg, Mathematical Quickies, "The Lucky Prisoners" Problem 141 pp. 40, 141, Dover NY 1985.
  • R. Vakil, A Mathematical Mosaic, "The Painted Lockers" pp. 127;134 Brendan Kelly Burlington Ontario 1996.
  • David Wells, The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers. Penguin Books, NY, 1986, Revised edition 1987. See p. 123.

Crossrefs

Cf. A092205, A128200, A005408, A128201, A002522, A005563, A008865, A059100, A143051, A143470, A143595, A056944, A001157 (inverse Möbius transform), A001788 (binomial transform), A228039, A001105, A004159, A159918, A173277, A095794, A162395, A186646 (Pisano periods), A028338 (2nd diagonal).
A row or column of A132191.
This sequence is related to partitions of 2^n into powers of 2, as it is shown in A002577. So A002577 connects the squares and A000447. - Valentin Bakoev, Mar 03 2009
Boustrophedon transforms: A000697, A000745.
Cf. A342819.
Cf. A013661.

Programs

Formula

G.f.: x*(1 + x) / (1 - x)^3.
E.g.f.: exp(x)*(x + x^2).
Dirichlet g.f.: zeta(s-2).
a(n) = a(-n).
Multiplicative with a(p^e) = p^(2*e). - David W. Wilson, Aug 01 2001
Sum of all matrix elements M(i, j) = 2*i/(i+j) (i, j = 1..n). a(n) = Sum_{i = 1..n} Sum_{j = 1..n} 2*i/(i + j). - Alexander Adamchuk, Oct 24 2004
a(0) = 0, a(1) = 1, a(n) = 2*a(n-1) - a(n-2) + 2. - Miklos Kristof, Mar 09 2005
From Pierre CAMI, Oct 22 2006: (Start)
a(n) is the sum of the odd numbers from 1 to 2*n - 1.
a(0) = 0, a(1) = 1, then a(n) = a(n-1) + 2*n - 1. (End)
For n > 0: a(n) = A130064(n)*A130065(n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, May 05 2007
a(n) = Sum_{k = 1..n} A002024(n, k). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jun 24 2007
Left edge of the triangle in A132111: a(n) = A132111(n, 0). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Aug 10 2007
Binomial transform of [1, 3, 2, 0, 0, 0, ...]. - Gary W. Adamson, Nov 21 2007
a(n) = binomial(n+1, 2) + binomial(n, 2).
This sequence could be derived from the following general formula (cf. A001286, A000330): n*(n+1)*...*(n+k)*(n + (n+1) + ... + (n+k))/((k+2)!*(k+1)/2) at k = 0. Indeed, using the formula for the sum of the arithmetic progression (n + (n+1) + ... + (n+k)) = (2*n + k)*(k + 1)/2 the general formula could be rewritten as: n*(n+1)*...*(n+k)*(2*n+k)/(k+2)! so for k = 0 above general formula degenerates to n*(2*n + 0)/(0 + 2) = n^2. - Alexander R. Povolotsky, May 18 2008
From a(4) recurrence formula a(n+3) = 3*a(n+2) - 3*a(n+1) + a(n) and a(1) = 1, a(2) = 4, a(3) = 9. - Artur Jasinski, Oct 21 2008
The recurrence a(n+3) = 3*a(n+2) - 3*a(n+1) + a(n) is satisfied by all k-gonal sequences from a(3), with a(0) = 0, a(1) = 1, a(2) = k. - Jaume Oliver Lafont, Nov 18 2008
a(n) = floor(n*(n+1)*(Sum_{i = 1..n} 1/(n*(n+1)))). - Ctibor O. Zizka, Mar 07 2009
Product_{i >= 2} 1 - 2/a(i) = -sin(A063448)/A063448. - R. J. Mathar, Mar 12 2009
a(n) = A002378(n-1) + n. - Jaroslav Krizek, Jun 14 2009
a(n) = n*A005408(n-1) - (Sum_{i = 1..n-2} A005408(i)) - (n-1) = n*A005408(n-1) - a(n-1) - (n-1). - Bruno Berselli, May 04 2010
a(n) == 1 (mod n+1). - Bruno Berselli, Jun 03 2010
a(n) = a(n-1) + a(n-2) - a(n-3) + 4, n > 2. - Gary Detlefs, Sep 07 2010
a(n+1) = Integral_{x >= 0} exp(-x)/( (Pn(x)*exp(-x)*Ei(x) - Qn(x))^2 +(Pi*exp(-x)*Pn(x))^2 ), with Pn the Laguerre polynomial of order n and Qn the secondary Laguerre polynomial defined by Qn(x) = Integral_{t >= 0} (Pn(x) - Pn(t))*exp(-t)/(x-t). - Groux Roland, Dec 08 2010
Euler transform of length-2 sequence [4, -1]. - Michael Somos, Feb 12 2011
A162395(n) = -(-1)^n * a(n). - Michael Somos, Mar 19 2011
a(n) = A004201(A000217(n)); A007606(a(n)) = A000384(n); A007607(a(n)) = A001105(n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 12 2011
Sum_{n >= 1} 1/a(n)^k = (2*Pi)^k*B_k/(2*k!) = zeta(2*k) with Bernoulli numbers B_k = -1, 1/6, 1/30, 1/42, ... for k >= 0. See A019673, A195055/10 etc. [Jolley eq 319].
Sum_{n>=1} (-1)^(n+1)/a(n)^k = 2^(k-1)*Pi^k*(1-1/2^(k-1))*B_k/k! [Jolley eq 320] with B_k as above.
A007968(a(n)) = 0. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jun 18 2011
A071974(a(n)) = n; A071975(a(n)) = 1. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 10 2011
a(n) = A199332(2*n - 1, n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Nov 23 2011
For n >= 1, a(n) = Sum_{d|n} phi(d)*psi(d), where phi is A000010 and psi is A001615. - Enrique Pérez Herrero, Feb 29 2012
a(n) = A000217(n^2) - A000217(n^2 - 1), for n > 0. - Ivan N. Ianakiev, May 30 2012
a(n) = (A000217(n) + A000326(n))/2. - Omar E. Pol, Jan 11 2013
a(n) = A162610(n, n) = A209297(n, n) for n > 0. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jan 19 2013
a(A000217(n)) = Sum_{i = 1..n} Sum_{j = 1..n} i*j, for n > 0. - Ivan N. Ianakiev, Apr 20 2013
a(n) = A133280(A000217(n)). - Ivan N. Ianakiev, Aug 13 2013
a(2*a(n)+2*n+1) = a(2*a(n)+2*n) + a(2*n+1). - Vladimir Shevelev, Jan 24 2014
a(n+1) = Sum_{t1+2*t2+...+n*tn = n} (-1)^(n+t1+t2+...+tn)*multinomial(t1+t2 +...+tn,t1,t2,...,tn)*4^(t1)*7^(t2)*8^(t3+...+tn). - Mircea Merca, Feb 27 2014
a(n) = floor(1/(1-cos(1/n)))/2 = floor(1/(1-n*sin(1/n)))/6, n > 0. - Clark Kimberling, Oct 08 2014
a(n) = ceiling(Sum_{k >= 1} log(k)/k^(1+1/n)) = -Zeta'[1+1/n]. Thus any exponent greater than 1 applied to k yields convergence. The fractional portion declines from A073002 = 0.93754... at n = 1 and converges slowly to 0.9271841545163232... for large n. - Richard R. Forberg, Dec 24 2014
a(n) = Sum_{j = 1..n} Sum_{i = 1..n} ceiling((i + j - n + 1)/3). - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Mar 12 2015
a(n) = Product_{j = 1..n-1} 2 - 2*cos(2*j*Pi/n). - Michel Marcus, Jul 24 2015
From Ilya Gutkovskiy, Jun 21 2016: (Start)
Product_{n >= 1} (1 + 1/a(n)) = sinh(Pi)/Pi = A156648.
Sum_{n >= 0} 1/a(n!) = BesselI(0, 2) = A070910. (End)
a(n) = A028338(n, n-1), n >= 1 (second diagonal). - Wolfdieter Lang, Jul 21 2017
For n >= 1, a(n) = Sum_{d|n} sigma_2(d)*mu(n/d) = Sum_{d|n} A001157(d)*A008683(n/d). - Ridouane Oudra, Apr 15 2021
a(n) = Sum_{i = 1..2*n-1} ceiling(n - i/2). - Stefano Spezia, Apr 16 2021
From Richard L. Ollerton, May 09 2021: (Start) For n >= 1,
a(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} psi(n/gcd(n,k)).
a(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} psi(gcd(n,k))*phi(gcd(n,k))/phi(n/gcd(n,k)).
a(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} sigma_2(n/gcd(n,k))*mu(gcd(n,k))/phi(n/gcd(n,k)).
a(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} sigma_2(gcd(n,k))*mu(n/gcd(n,k))/phi(n/gcd(n,k)). (End)
a(n) = (A005449(n) + A000326(n))/3. - Klaus Purath, May 13 2021
Let T(n) = A000217(n), then a(T(n)) + a(T(n+1)) = T(a(n+1)). - Charlie Marion, Jun 27 2022
a(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} sigma_1(k) + Sum_{i=1..n} (n mod i). - Vadim Kataev, Dec 07 2022
a(n^2) + a(n^2+1) + ... + a(n^2+n) + 4*A000537(n) = a(n^2+n+1) + ... + a(n^2+2n). In general, if P(k,n) = the n-th k-gonal number, then P(2k,n^2) + P(2k,n^2+1) + ... + P(2k,n^2+n) + 4*(k-1)*A000537(n) = P(2k,n^2+n+1) + ... + P(2k,n^2+2n). - Charlie Marion, Apr 26 2024
Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) = A013661. - Alois P. Heinz, Oct 19 2024
a(n) = 1 + 3^3*((n-1)/(n+1))^2 + 5^3*((n-1)*(n-2)/((n+1)*(n+2)))^2 + 7^3*((n-1)*(n-2)*(n-3)/((n+1)*(n+2)*(n+3)))^2 + ... for n >= 1. - Peter Bala, Dec 09 2024

Extensions

Incorrect comment and example removed by Joerg Arndt, Mar 11 2010

A000142 Factorial numbers: n! = 1*2*3*4*...*n (order of symmetric group S_n, number of permutations of n letters).

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 2, 6, 24, 120, 720, 5040, 40320, 362880, 3628800, 39916800, 479001600, 6227020800, 87178291200, 1307674368000, 20922789888000, 355687428096000, 6402373705728000, 121645100408832000, 2432902008176640000, 51090942171709440000, 1124000727777607680000
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The earliest publication that discusses this sequence appears to be the Sepher Yezirah [Book of Creation], circa AD 300. (See Knuth, also the Zeilberger link.) - N. J. A. Sloane, Apr 07 2014
For n >= 1, a(n) is the number of n X n (0,1) matrices with each row and column containing exactly one entry equal to 1.
This sequence is the BinomialMean transform of A000354. (See A075271 for definition.) - John W. Layman, Sep 12 2002 [This is easily verified from the Paul Barry formula for A000354, by interchanging summations and using the formula: Sum_k (-1)^k C(n-i, k) = KroneckerDelta(i,n). - David Callan, Aug 31 2003]
Number of distinct subsets of T(n-1) elements with 1 element A, 2 elements B, ..., n - 1 elements X (e.g., at n = 5, we consider the distinct subsets of ABBCCCDDDD and there are 5! = 120). - Jon Perry, Jun 12 2003
n! is the smallest number with that prime signature. E.g., 720 = 2^4 * 3^2 * 5. - Amarnath Murthy, Jul 01 2003
a(n) is the permanent of the n X n matrix M with M(i, j) = 1. - Philippe Deléham, Dec 15 2003
Given n objects of distinct sizes (e.g., areas, volumes) such that each object is sufficiently large to simultaneously contain all previous objects, then n! is the total number of essentially different arrangements using all n objects. Arbitrary levels of nesting of objects are permitted within arrangements. (This application of the sequence was inspired by considering leftover moving boxes.) If the restriction exists that each object is able or permitted to contain at most one smaller (but possibly nested) object at a time, the resulting sequence begins 1,2,5,15,52 (Bell Numbers?). Sets of nested wooden boxes or traditional nested Russian dolls come to mind here. - Rick L. Shepherd, Jan 14 2004
From Michael Somos, Mar 04 2004; edited by M. F. Hasler, Jan 02 2015: (Start)
Stirling transform of [2, 2, 6, 24, 120, ...] is A052856 = [2, 2, 4, 14, 76, ...].
Stirling transform of [1, 2, 6, 24, 120, ...] is A000670 = [1, 3, 13, 75, ...].
Stirling transform of [0, 2, 6, 24, 120, ...] is A052875 = [0, 2, 12, 74, ...].
Stirling transform of [1, 1, 2, 6, 24, 120, ...] is A000629 = [1, 2, 6, 26, ...].
Stirling transform of [0, 1, 2, 6, 24, 120, ...] is A002050 = [0, 1, 5, 25, 140, ...].
Stirling transform of (A165326*A089064)(1...) = [1, 0, 1, -1, 8, -26, 194, ...] is [1, 1, 2, 6, 24, 120, ...] (this sequence). (End)
First Eulerian transform of 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1... The first Eulerian transform transforms a sequence s to a sequence t by the formula t(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} e(n, k)s(k), where e(n, k) is a first-order Eulerian number [A008292]. - Ross La Haye, Feb 13 2005
Conjecturally, 1, 6, and 120 are the only numbers which are both triangular and factorial. - Christopher M. Tomaszewski (cmt1288(AT)comcast.net), Mar 30 2005
n! is the n-th finite difference of consecutive n-th powers. E.g., for n = 3, [0, 1, 8, 27, 64, ...] -> [1, 7, 19, 37, ...] -> [6, 12, 18, ...] -> [6, 6, ...]. - Bryan Jacobs (bryanjj(AT)gmail.com), Mar 31 2005
a(n+1) = (n+1)! = 1, 2, 6, ... has e.g.f. 1/(1-x)^2. - Paul Barry, Apr 22 2005
Write numbers 1 to n on a circle. Then a(n) = sum of the products of all n - 2 adjacent numbers. E.g., a(5) = 1*2*3 + 2*3*4 + 3*4*5 + 4*5*1 +5*1*2 = 120. - Amarnath Murthy, Jul 10 2005
The number of chains of maximal length in the power set of {1, 2, ..., n} ordered by the subset relation. - Rick L. Shepherd, Feb 05 2006
The number of circular permutations of n letters for n >= 0 is 1, 1, 1, 2, 6, 24, 120, 720, 5040, 40320, ... - Xavier Noria (fxn(AT)hashref.com), Jun 04 2006
a(n) is the number of deco polyominoes of height n (n >= 1; see definitions in the Barcucci et al. references). - Emeric Deutsch, Aug 07 2006
a(n) is the number of partition tableaux of size n. See Steingrimsson/Williams link for the definition. - David Callan, Oct 06 2006
Consider the n! permutations of the integer sequence [n] = 1, 2, ..., n. The i-th permutation consists of ncycle(i) permutation cycles. Then, if the Sum_{i=1..n!} 2^ncycle(i) runs from 1 to n!, we have Sum_{i=1..n!} 2^ncycle(i) = (n+1)!. E.g., for n = 3 we have ncycle(1) = 3, ncycle(2) = 2, ncycle(3) = 1, ncycle(4) = 2, ncycle(5) = 1, ncycle(6) = 2 and 2^3 + 2^2 + 2^1 + 2^2 + 2^1 + 2^2 = 8 + 4 + 2 + 4 + 2 + 4 = 24 = (n+1)!. - Thomas Wieder, Oct 11 2006
a(n) is the number of set partitions of {1, 2, ..., 2n - 1, 2n} into blocks of size 2 (perfect matchings) in which each block consists of one even and one odd integer. For example, a(3) = 6 counts 12-34-56, 12-36-45, 14-23-56, 14-25-36, 16-23-45, 16-25-34. - David Callan, Mar 30 2007
Consider the multiset M = [1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, ...] = [1, 2, 2, ..., n x 'n'] and form the set U (where U is a set in the strict sense) of all subsets N (where N may be a multiset again) of M. Then the number of elements |U| of U is equal to (n+1)!. E.g. for M = [1, 2, 2] we get U = [[], [2], [2, 2], [1], [1, 2], [1, 2, 2]] and |U| = 3! = 6. This observation is a more formal version of the comment given already by Rick L. Shepherd, Jan 14 2004. - Thomas Wieder, Nov 27 2007
For n >= 1, a(n) = 1, 2, 6, 24, ... are the positions corresponding to the 1's in decimal expansion of Liouville's constant (A012245). - Paul Muljadi, Apr 15 2008
Triangle A144107 has n! for row sums (given n > 0) with right border n! and left border A003319, the INVERTi transform of (1, 2, 6, 24, ...). - Gary W. Adamson, Sep 11 2008
Equals INVERT transform of A052186 and row sums of triangle A144108. - Gary W. Adamson, Sep 11 2008
From Abdullahi Umar, Oct 12 2008: (Start)
a(n) is also the number of order-decreasing full transformations (of an n-chain).
a(n-1) is also the number of nilpotent order-decreasing full transformations (of an n-chain). (End)
n! is also the number of optimal broadcast schemes in the complete graph K_{n}, equivalent to the number of binomial trees embedded in K_{n} (see Calin D. Morosan, Information Processing Letters, 100 (2006), 188-193). - Calin D. Morosan (cd_moros(AT)alumni.concordia.ca), Nov 28 2008
Let S_{n} denote the n-star graph. The S_{n} structure consists of n S_{n-1} structures. This sequence gives the number of edges between the vertices of any two specified S_{n+1} structures in S_{n+2} (n >= 1). - K.V.Iyer, Mar 18 2009
Chromatic invariant of the sun graph S_{n-2}.
It appears that a(n+1) is the inverse binomial transform of A000255. - Timothy Hopper, Aug 20 2009
a(n) is also the determinant of a square matrix, An, whose coefficients are the reciprocals of beta function: a{i, j} = 1/beta(i, j), det(An) = n!. - Enrique Pérez Herrero, Sep 21 2009
The asymptotic expansions of the exponential integrals E(x, m = 1, n = 1) ~ exp(-x)/x*(1 - 1/x + 2/x^2 - 6/x^3 + 24/x^4 + ...) and E(x, m = 1, n = 2) ~ exp(-x)/x*(1 - 2/x + 6/x^2 - 24/x^3 + ...) lead to the factorial numbers. See A163931 and A130534 for more information. - Johannes W. Meijer, Oct 20 2009
Satisfies A(x)/A(x^2), A(x) = A173280. - Gary W. Adamson, Feb 14 2010
a(n) = G^n where G is the geometric mean of the first n positive integers. - Jaroslav Krizek, May 28 2010
Increasing colored 1-2 trees with choice of two colors for the rightmost branch of nonleaves. - Wenjin Woan, May 23 2011
Number of necklaces with n labeled beads of 1 color. - Robert G. Wilson v, Sep 22 2011
The sequence 1!, (2!)!, ((3!)!)!, (((4!)!)!)!, ..., ((...(n!)!)...)! (n times) grows too rapidly to have its own entry. See Hofstadter.
The e.g.f. of 1/a(n) = 1/n! is BesselI(0, 2*sqrt(x)). See Abramowitz-Stegun, p. 375, 9.3.10. - Wolfdieter Lang, Jan 09 2012
a(n) is the length of the n-th row which is the sum of n-th row in triangle A170942. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Mar 29 2012
Number of permutations of elements 1, 2, ..., n + 1 with a fixed element belonging to a cycle of length r does not depend on r and equals a(n). - Vladimir Shevelev, May 12 2012
a(n) is the number of fixed points in all permutations of 1, ..., n: in all n! permutations, 1 is first exactly (n-1)! times, 2 is second exactly (n-1)! times, etc., giving (n-1)!*n = n!. - Jon Perry, Dec 20 2012
For n >= 1, a(n-1) is the binomial transform of A000757. See Moreno-Rivera. - Luis Manuel Rivera Martínez, Dec 09 2013
Each term is divisible by its digital root (A010888). - Ivan N. Ianakiev, Apr 14 2014
For m >= 3, a(m-2) is the number hp(m) of acyclic Hamiltonian paths in a simple graph with m vertices, which is complete except for one missing edge. For m < 3, hp(m)=0. - Stanislav Sykora, Jun 17 2014
a(n) is the number of increasing forests with n nodes. - Brad R. Jones, Dec 01 2014
The factorial numbers can be calculated by means of the recurrence n! = (floor(n/2)!)^2 * sf(n) where sf(n) are the swinging factorials A056040. This leads to an efficient algorithm if sf(n) is computed via prime factorization. For an exposition of this algorithm see the link below. - Peter Luschny, Nov 05 2016
Treeshelves are ordered (plane) binary (0-1-2) increasing trees where the nodes of outdegree 1 come in 2 colors. There are n! treeshelves of size n, and classical Françon's bijection maps bijectively treeshelves into permutations. - Sergey Kirgizov, Dec 26 2016
Satisfies Benford's law [Diaconis, 1977; Berger-Hill, 2017] - N. J. A. Sloane, Feb 07 2017
a(n) = Sum((d_p)^2), where d_p is the number of standard tableaux in the Ferrers board of the integer partition p and summation is over all integer partitions p of n. Example: a(3) = 6. Indeed, the partitions of 3 are [3], [2,1], and [1,1,1], having 1, 2, and 1 standard tableaux, respectively; we have 1^2 + 2^2 + 1^2 = 6. - Emeric Deutsch, Aug 07 2017
a(n) is the n-th derivative of x^n. - Iain Fox, Nov 19 2017
a(n) is the number of maximum chains in the n-dimensional Boolean cube {0,1}^n in respect to the relation "precedes". It is defined as follows: for arbitrary vectors u, v of {0,1}^n, such that u = (u_1, u_2, ..., u_n) and v = (v_1, v_2, ..., v_n), "u precedes v" if u_i <= v_i, for i=1, 2, ..., n. - Valentin Bakoev, Nov 20 2017
a(n) is the number of shortest paths (for example, obtained by Breadth First Search) between the nodes (0,0,...,0) (i.e., the all-zeros vector) and (1,1,...,1) (i.e., the all-ones vector) in the graph H_n, corresponding to the n-dimensional Boolean cube {0,1}^n. The graph is defined as H_n = (V_n, E_n), where V_n is the set of all vectors of {0,1}^n, and E_n contains edges formed by each pair adjacent vectors. - Valentin Bakoev, Nov 20 2017
a(n) is also the determinant of the symmetric n X n matrix M defined by M(i,j) = sigma(gcd(i,j)) for 1 <= i,j <= n. - Bernard Schott, Dec 05 2018
a(n) is also the number of inversion sequences of length n. A length n inversion sequence e_1, e_2, ..., e_n is a sequence of n integers such that 0 <= e_i < i. - Juan S. Auli, Oct 14 2019
The term "factorial" ("factorielle" in French) was coined by the French mathematician Louis François Antoine Arbogast (1759-1803) in 1800. The notation "!" was first used by the French mathematician Christian Kramp (1760-1826) in 1808. - Amiram Eldar, Apr 16 2021
Also the number of signotopes of rank 2, i.e., mappings X:{{1..n} choose 2}->{+,-} such that for any three indices a < b < c, the sequence X(a,b), X(a,c), X(b,c) changes its sign at most once (see Felsner-Weil reference). - Manfred Scheucher, Feb 09 2022
a(n) is also the number of labeled commutative semisimple rings with n elements. As an example the only commutative semisimple rings with 4 elements are F_4 and F_2 X F_2. They both have exactly 2 automorphisms, hence a(4)=24/2+24/2=24. - Paul Laubie, Mar 05 2024
a(n) is the number of extremely unlucky Stirling permutations of order n+1; i.e., the number of Stirling permutations of order n+1 that have exactly one lucky car. - Bridget Tenner, Apr 09 2024

Examples

			There are 3! = 1*2*3 = 6 ways to arrange 3 letters {a, b, c}, namely abc, acb, bac, bca, cab, cba.
Let n = 2. Consider permutations of {1, 2, 3}. Fix element 3. There are a(2) = 2 permutations in each of the following cases: (a) 3 belongs to a cycle of length 1 (permutations (1, 2, 3) and (2, 1, 3)); (b) 3 belongs to a cycle of length 2 (permutations (3, 2, 1) and (1, 3, 2)); (c) 3 belongs to a cycle of length 3 (permutations (2, 3, 1) and (3, 1, 2)). - _Vladimir Shevelev_, May 13 2012
G.f. = 1 + x + 2*x^2 + 6*x^3 + 24*x^4 + 120*x^5 + 720*x^6 + 5040*x^7 + ...
		

References

  • M. Abramowitz and I. A. Stegun, eds., Handbook of Mathematical Functions, National Bureau of Standards Applied Math. Series 55, 1964 (and various reprintings), p. 833.
  • A. T. Benjamin and J. J. Quinn, Proofs that really count: the art of combinatorial proof, M.A.A. 2003, id. 125; also p. 90, ex. 3.
  • Florian Cajori, A History of Mathematical Notations, Dover edition (2012), pars. 448-449.
  • John H. Conway and Richard K. Guy, The Book of Numbers, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1996. See pp. 64-66.
  • Jan Gullberg, Mathematics from the Birth of Numbers, W. W. Norton & Co., NY & London, 1997, §4.1 Symbols Galore, p. 106.
  • Douglas R. Hofstadter, Fluid concepts & creative analogies: computer models of the fundamental mechanisms of thought, Basic Books, 1995, pages 44-46.
  • A. N. Khovanskii. The Application of Continued Fractions and Their Generalizations to Problem in Approximation Theory. Groningen: Noordhoff, Netherlands, 1963. See p. 141 (10.19).
  • D. E. Knuth, The Art of Computer Programming, Vol. 3, Section 5.1.2, p. 23. [From N. J. A. Sloane, Apr 07 2014]
  • J.-M. De Koninck and A. Mercier, 1001 Problèmes en Théorie Classique des Nombres, Problème 693 pp. 90, 297, Ellipses Paris 2004.
  • A. P. Prudnikov, Yu. A. Brychkov, and O. I. Marichev, "Integrals and Series", Volume 1: "Elementary Functions", Chapter 4: "Finite Sums", New York, Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, 1986-1992.
  • R. W. Robinson, Counting arrangements of bishops, pp. 198-214 of Combinatorial Mathematics IV (Adelaide 1975), Lect. Notes Math., 560 (1976).
  • Sepher Yezirah [Book of Creation], circa AD 300. See verse 52.
  • 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).
  • Jerome Spanier and Keith B. Oldham, "Atlas of Functions", Hemisphere Publishing Corp., 1987, chapter 2, pages 19-24.
  • D. Stanton and D. White, Constructive Combinatorics, Springer, 1986; see p. 91.
  • Carlo Suares, Sepher Yetsira, Shambhala Publications, 1976. See verse 52.
  • David Wells, The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers, Penguin Books, 1987, pp. 102.

Crossrefs

Factorial base representation: A007623.
Complement of A063992. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Oct 11 2008
Cf. A053657, A163176. - Jonathan Sondow, Jul 26 2009
Cf. A173280. - Gary W. Adamson, Feb 14 2010
Boustrophedon transforms: A230960, A230961.
Cf. A233589.
Cf. A245334.
A row of the array in A249026.
Cf. A001013 (multiplicative closure).
For factorials with initial digit d (1 <= d <= 9) see A045509, A045510, A045511, A045516, A045517, A045518, A282021, A045519; A045520, A045521, A045522, A045523, A045524, A045525, A045526, A045527, A045528, A045529.

Programs

  • Axiom
    [factorial(n) for n in 0..10]
    
  • GAP
    List([0..22],Factorial); # Muniru A Asiru, Dec 05 2018
    
  • Haskell
    a000142 :: (Enum a, Num a, Integral t) => t -> a
    a000142 n = product [1 .. fromIntegral n]
    a000142_list = 1 : zipWith (*) [1..] a000142_list
    -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Mar 02 2014, Nov 02 2011, Apr 21 2011
    
  • Julia
    print([factorial(big(n)) for n in 0:28]) # Paul Muljadi, May 01 2024
  • Magma
    a:= func< n | Factorial(n) >; [ a(n) : n in [0..10]];
    
  • Maple
    A000142 := n -> n!; seq(n!,n=0..20);
    spec := [ S, {S=Sequence(Z) }, labeled ]; seq(combstruct[count](spec,size=n), n=0..20);
    # Maple program for computing cycle indices of symmetric groups
    M:=6: f:=array(0..M): f[0]:=1: print(`n= `,0); print(f[0]); f[1]:=x[1]: print(`n= `, 1); print(f[1]); for n from 2 to M do f[n]:=expand((1/n)*add( x[l]*f[n-l],l=1..n)); print(`n= `, n); print(f[n]); od:
    with(combstruct):ZL0:=[S,{S=Set(Cycle(Z,card>0))},labeled]: seq(count(ZL0,size=n),n=0..20); # Zerinvary Lajos, Sep 26 2007
  • Mathematica
    Table[Factorial[n], {n, 0, 20}] (* Stefan Steinerberger, Mar 30 2006 *)
    FoldList[#1 #2 &, 1, Range@ 20] (* Robert G. Wilson v, May 07 2011 *)
    Range[20]! (* Harvey P. Dale, Nov 19 2011 *)
    RecurrenceTable[{a[n] == n*a[n - 1], a[0] == 1}, a, {n, 0, 22}] (* Ray Chandler, Jul 30 2015 *)
  • PARI
    a(n)=prod(i=1, n, i) \\ Felix Fröhlich, Aug 17 2014
    
  • PARI
    {a(n) = if(n<0, 0, n!)}; /* Michael Somos, Mar 04 2004 */
    
  • Python
    for i in range(1, 1000):
        y = i
        for j in range(1, i):
           y *= i - j
        print(y, "\n")
    
  • Python
    import math
    for i in range(1, 1000):
        math.factorial(i)
        print("")
    # Ruskin Harding, Feb 22 2013
    
  • Sage
    [factorial(n) for n in (1..22)] # Giuseppe Coppoletta, Dec 05 2014
    
  • Scala
    (1: BigInt).to(24: BigInt).scanLeft(1: BigInt)( * ) // Alonso del Arte, Mar 02 2019
    

Formula

Exp(x) = Sum_{m >= 0} x^m/m!. - Mohammad K. Azarian, Dec 28 2010
Sum_{i=0..n} (-1)^i * i^n * binomial(n, i) = (-1)^n * n!. - Yong Kong (ykong(AT)curagen.com), Dec 26 2000
Sum_{i=0..n} (-1)^i * (n-i)^n * binomial(n, i) = n!. - Peter C. Heinig (algorithms(AT)gmx.de), Apr 10 2007
The sequence trivially satisfies the recurrence a(n+1) = Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(n,k) * a(k)*a(n-k). - Robert FERREOL, Dec 05 2009
D-finite with recurrence: a(n) = n*a(n-1), n >= 1. n! ~ sqrt(2*Pi) * n^(n+1/2) / e^n (Stirling's approximation).
a(0) = 1, a(n) = subs(x = 1, (d^n/dx^n)(1/(2-x))), n = 1, 2, ... - Karol A. Penson, Nov 12 2001
E.g.f.: 1/(1-x). - Michael Somos, Mar 04 2004
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} (-1)^(n-k)*A000522(k)*binomial(n, k) = Sum_{k=0..n} (-1)^(n-k)*(x+k)^n*binomial(n, k). - Philippe Deléham, Jul 08 2004
Binomial transform of A000166. - Ross La Haye, Sep 21 2004
a(n) = Sum_{i=1..n} ((-1)^(i-1) * sum of 1..n taken n - i at a time) - e.g., 4! = (1*2*3 + 1*2*4 + 1*3*4 + 2*3*4) - (1*2 + 1*3 + 1*4 + 2*3 + 2*4 + 3*4) + (1 + 2 + 3 + 4) - 1 = (6 + 8 + 12 + 24) - (2 + 3 + 4 + 6 + 8 + 12) + 10 - 1 = 50 - 35 + 10 - 1 = 24. - Jon Perry, Nov 14 2005
a(n) = (n-1)*(a(n-1) + a(n-2)), n >= 2. - Matthew J. White, Feb 21 2006
1 / a(n) = determinant of matrix whose (i,j) entry is (i+j)!/(i!(j+1)!) for n > 0. This is a matrix with Catalan numbers on the diagonal. - Alexander Adamchuk, Jul 04 2006
Hankel transform of A074664. - Philippe Deléham, Jun 21 2007
For n >= 2, a(n-2) = (-1)^n*Sum_{j=0..n-1} (j+1)*Stirling1(n,j+1). - Milan Janjic, Dec 14 2008
From Paul Barry, Jan 15 2009: (Start)
G.f.: 1/(1-x-x^2/(1-3x-4x^2/(1-5x-9x^2/(1-7x-16x^2/(1-9x-25x^2... (continued fraction), hence Hankel transform is A055209.
G.f. of (n+1)! is 1/(1-2x-2x^2/(1-4x-6x^2/(1-6x-12x^2/(1-8x-20x^2... (continued fraction), hence Hankel transform is A059332. (End)
a(n) = Product_{p prime} p^(Sum_{k > 0} floor(n/p^k)) by Legendre's formula for the highest power of a prime dividing n!. - Jonathan Sondow, Jul 24 2009
a(n) = A053657(n)/A163176(n) for n > 0. - Jonathan Sondow, Jul 26 2009
It appears that a(n) = (1/0!) + (1/1!)*n + (3/2!)*n*(n-1) + (11/3!)*n*(n-1)*(n-2) + ... + (b(n)/n!)*n*(n-1)*...*2*1, where a(n) = (n+1)! and b(n) = A000255. - Timothy Hopper, Aug 12 2009
Sum_{n >= 0} 1/a(n) = e. - Jaume Oliver Lafont, Mar 03 2009
a(n) = a(n-1)^2/a(n-2) + a(n-1), n >= 2. - Jaume Oliver Lafont, Sep 21 2009
a(n) = Gamma(n+1). - Enrique Pérez Herrero, Sep 21 2009
a(n) = A173333(n,1). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 19 2010
a(n) = A_{n}(1) where A_{n}(x) are the Eulerian polynomials. - Peter Luschny, Aug 03 2010
a(n) = n*(2*a(n-1) - (n-1)*a(n-2)), n > 1. - Gary Detlefs, Sep 16 2010
1/a(n) = -Sum_{k=1..n+1} (-2)^k*(n+k+2)*a(k)/(a(2*k+1)*a(n+1-k)). - Groux Roland, Dec 08 2010
From Vladimir Shevelev, Feb 21 2011: (Start)
a(n) = Product_{p prime, p <= n} p^(Sum_{i >= 1} floor(n/p^i)).
The infinitary analog of this formula is: a(n) = Product_{q terms of A050376 <= n} q^((n)_q), where (n)_q denotes the number of those numbers <= n for which q is an infinitary divisor (for the definition see comment in A037445). (End)
The terms are the denominators of the expansion of sinh(x) + cosh(x). - Arkadiusz Wesolowski, Feb 03 2012
G.f.: 1 / (1 - x / (1 - x / (1 - 2*x / (1 - 2*x / (1 - 3*x / (1 - 3*x / ... )))))). - Michael Somos, May 12 2012
G.f. 1 + x/(G(0)-x) where G(k) = 1 - (k+1)*x/(1 - x*(k+2)/G(k+1)); (continued fraction, 2-step). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Aug 14 2012
G.f.: W(1,1;-x)/(W(1,1;-x) - x*W(1,2;-x)), where W(a,b,x) = 1 - a*b*x/1! + a*(a+1)*b*(b+1)*x^2/2! - ... + a*(a+1)*...*(a+n-1)*b*(b+1)*...*(b+n-1)*x^n/n! + ...; see [A. N. Khovanskii, p. 141 (10.19)]. - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Aug 15 2012
From Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Dec 26 2012: (Start)
G.f.: A(x) = 1 + x/(G(0) - x) where G(k) = 1 + (k+1)*x - x*(k+2)/G(k+1); (continued fraction).
Let B(x) be the g.f. for A051296, then A(x) = 2 - 1/B(x). (End)
G.f.: 1 + x*(G(0) - 1)/(x-1) where G(k) = 1 - (2*k+1)/(1-x/(x - 1/(1 - (2*k+2)/(1-x/(x - 1/G(k+1) ))))); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Jan 15 2013
G.f.: 1 + x*(1 - G(0))/(sqrt(x)-x) where G(k) = 1 - (k+1)*sqrt(x)/(1-sqrt(x)/(sqrt(x)-1/G(k+1) )); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Jan 25 2013
G.f.: 1 + x/G(0) where G(k) = 1 - x*(k+2)/( 1 - x*(k+1)/G(k+1) ); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Mar 23 2013
a(n) = det(S(i+1, j), 1 <= i, j <=n ), where S(n,k) are Stirling numbers of the second kind. - Mircea Merca, Apr 04 2013
G.f.: G(0)/2, where G(k) = 1 + 1/(1 - x*(k+1)/(x*(k+1) + 1/G(k+1))); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, May 24 2013
G.f.: 2/G(0), where G(k) = 1 + 1/(1 - 1/(1 - 1/(2*x*(k+1)) + 1/G(k+1))); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, May 29 2013
G.f.: G(0), where G(k) = 1 + x*(2*k+1)/(1 - x*(2*k+2)/(x*(2*k+2) + 1/G(k+1))); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Jun 07 2013
a(n) = P(n-1, floor(n/2)) * floor(n/2)! * (n - (n-2)*((n+1) mod 2)), where P(n, k) are the k-permutations of n objects, n > 0. - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Jun 07 2013
a(n) = a(n-2)*(n-1)^2 + a(n-1), n > 1. - Ivan N. Ianakiev, Jun 18 2013
a(n) = a(n-2)*(n^2-1) - a(n-1), n > 1. - Ivan N. Ianakiev, Jun 30 2013
G.f.: 1 + x/Q(0), m=+2, where Q(k) = 1 - 2*x*(2*k+1) - m*x^2*(k+1)*(2*k+1)/( 1 - 2*x*(2*k+2) - m*x^2*(k+1)*(2*k+3)/Q(k+1) ); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Sep 24 2013
a(n) = A245334(n,n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Aug 31 2014
a(n) = Product_{i = 1..n} A014963^floor(n/i) = Product_{i = 1..n} A003418(floor(n/i)). - Matthew Vandermast, Dec 22 2014
a(n) = round(Sum_{k>=1} log(k)^n/k^2), for n>=1, which is related to the n-th derivative of the Riemann zeta function at x=2 as follows: round((-1)^n * zeta^(n)(2)). Also see A073002. - Richard R. Forberg, Dec 30 2014
a(n) ~ Sum_{j>=0} j^n/e^j, where e = A001113. When substituting a generic variable for "e" this infinite sum is related to Eulerian polynomials. See A008292. This approximation of n! is within 0.4% at n = 2. See A255169. Accuracy, as a percentage, improves rapidly for larger n. - Richard R. Forberg, Mar 07 2015
a(n) = Product_{k=1..n} (C(n+1, 2)-C(k, 2))/(2*k-1); see Masanori Ando link. - Michel Marcus, Apr 17 2015
Sum_{n>=0} a(n)/(a(n + 1)*a(n + 2)) = Sum_{n>=0} 1/((n + 2)*(n + 1)^2*a(n)) = 2 - exp(1) - gamma + Ei(1) = 0.5996203229953..., where gamma = A001620, Ei(1) = A091725. - Ilya Gutkovskiy, Nov 01 2016
a(2^n) = 2^(2^n - 1) * 1!! * 3!! * 7!! * ... * (2^n - 1)!!. For example, 16! = 2^15*(1*3)*(1*3*5*7)*(1*3*5*7*9*11*13*15) = 20922789888000. - Peter Bala, Nov 01 2016
a(n) = sum(prod(B)), where the sum is over all subsets B of {1,2,...,n-1} and where prod(B) denotes the product of all the elements of set B. If B is a singleton set with element b, then we define prod(B)=b, and, if B is the empty set, we define prod(B) to be 1. For example, a(4)=(1*2*3)+(1*2)+(1*3)+(2*3)+(1)+(2)+(3)+1=24. - Dennis P. Walsh, Oct 23 2017
Sum_{n >= 0} 1/(a(n)*(n+2)) = 1. - Multiplying the denominator by (n+2) in Jaume Oliver Lafont's entry above creates a telescoping sum. - Fred Daniel Kline, Nov 08 2020
O.g.f.: Sum_{k >= 0} k!*x^k = Sum_{k >= 0} (k+y)^k*x^k/(1 + (k+y)*x)^(k+1) for arbitrary y. - Peter Bala, Mar 21 2022
E.g.f.: 1/(1 + LambertW(-x*exp(-x))) = 1/(1-x), see A258773. -(1/x)*substitute(z = x*exp(-x), z*(d/dz)LambertW(-z)) = 1/(1 - x). See A075513. Proof: Use the compositional inverse (x*exp(-x))^[-1] = -LambertW(-z). See A000169 or A152917, and Richard P. Stanley: Enumerative Combinatorics, vol. 2, p. 37, eq. (5.52). - Wolfdieter Lang, Oct 17 2022
Sum_{k >= 1} 1/10^a(k) = A012245 (Liouville constant). - Bernard Schott, Dec 18 2022
From David Ulgenes, Sep 19 2023: (Start)
1/a(n) = (e/(2*Pi*n)*Integral_{x=-oo..oo} cos(x-n*arctan(x))/(1+x^2)^(n/2) dx). Proof: take the real component of Laplace's integral for 1/Gamma(x).
a(n) = Integral_{x=0..1} e^(-t)*LerchPhi(1/e, -n, t) dt. Proof: use the relationship Gamma(x+1) = Sum_{n >= 0} Integral_{t=n..n+1} e^(-t)t^x dt = Sum_{n >= 0} Integral_{t=0..1} e^(-(t+n))(t+n)^x dt and interchange the order of summation and integration.
Conjecture: a(n) = 1/(2*Pi)*Integral_{x=-oo..oo}(n+i*x+1)!/(i*x+1)-(n+i*x-1)!/(i*x-1)dx. (End)
a(n) = floor(b(n)^n / (floor(((2^b(n) + 1) / 2^n)^b(n)) mod 2^b(n))), where b(n) = (n + 1)^(n + 2) = A007778(n+1). Joint work with Mihai Prunescu. - Lorenzo Sauras Altuzarra, Oct 18 2023
a(n) = e^(Integral_{x=1..n+1} Psi(x) dx) where Psi(x) is the digamma function. - Andrea Pinos, Jan 10 2024
a(n) = Integral_{x=0..oo} e^(-x^(1/n)) dx, for n > 0. - Ridouane Oudra, Apr 20 2024
O.g.f.: N(x) = hypergeometric([1,1], [], x) = LaplaceTransform(x/(1-x))/x, satisfying x^2*N'(x) + (x-1)*N(x) + 1 = 0, with N(0) = 1. - Wolfdieter Lang, May 31 2025

A006171 Number of factorization patterns of polynomials of degree n over integers.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 3, 5, 11, 17, 34, 52, 94, 145, 244, 370, 603, 899, 1410, 2087, 3186, 4650, 6959, 10040, 14750, 21077, 30479, 43120, 61574, 86308, 121785, 169336, 236475, 326201, 451402, 618135, 848209, 1153733, 1571063, 2123325, 2871419, 3857569, 5182999, 6924303
Offset: 0

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Number of partitions of n where there are unlimited distinguishable but unlabeled objects of each size. E.g., in splitting 2 into two parts of size 1, we distinguish whether the same object is used for each part. Also number of factorization patterns over rationals, or many other UFDs (but not over real or complex numbers). - Franklin T. Adams-Watters, Jun 19 2006
Equals the "aerate and convolve" convergent of A000041: (1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, ...) * (1, 0, 1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 0, 5, ...) * (1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 3, ...). - Gary W. Adamson, Jun 16 2009
Also equals the number of distinct (up to unitary similarity) unital *-subalgebras of the n X n complex matrices. A unital *-subalgebra is a subspace that is closed under multiplication and the conjugate transpose, and which contains the identity matrix (see A215905 and A215925). - Nathaniel Johnston, Aug 27 2012
Also equals the number of partitions having parts consisting of runs of equal parts. - Gregory L. Simay, May 25 2017
Also equals the number of generalized partitions of n when there are d(a) different types of a, (a = 1,2,3,...), where d(n) is the number of divisors of n. a(3)=5 because there are 5 partitions of 3 with "d(a) copies of a", namely (3_1), (3_2), (2_1, 1_1), (2_2, 1_1), (1_1, 1_1, 1_1). - Augustine O. Munagi, Jun 13 2022

Examples

			For n=3 we have 3 = (3*1) = (1*3) = (2*1) + (1*1) = (1*2) + (1*1) = (1*1) + (1*1) + (1*1) so a(3)=5.
For n=4 we have the following 11 partitions, with the additive runs indicated by "[]": [4], [3]+[1], [2+2], [2]+[2], [2]+[1+1], [2]+[1]+[1], [1+1+1+1], [1+1+1]+[1], [1+1]+[1+1], [1+1]+[1]+[1], [1]+[1]+[1]+[1]. - _Gregory L. Simay_, May 25 2017
		

References

  • R. A. Hultquist, G. L. Mullen and H. Niederreiter, Association schemes and derived PBIB designs of prime power order, Ars. Combin., 25 (1988), 65-82.
  • N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

Crossrefs

Programs

  • Maple
    with(numtheory): etr:= proc(p) local b; b:=proc(n) option remember; local d,j; if n=0 then 1 else add(add(d*p(d), d=divisors(j)) *b(n-j), j=1..n)/n fi end end: a:=etr(tau): seq(a(n), n=0..40); # Alois P. Heinz, Sep 08 2008
  • Mathematica
    max = 50; gf[x_] := Product[(1 - x^k)^-DivisorSigma[0, k], {k, 1, max}]; CoefficientList[ Series[gf[x], {x, 0, max}], x] (* Jean-François Alcover, Nov 23 2011 *)
    nmax = 50; s = 1 - x; Do[s *= Sum[Binomial[DivisorSigma[0, k], j]*(-1)^j*x^(j*k), {j, 0, nmax/k}]; s = Expand[s]; s = Take[s, Min[nmax + 1, Exponent[s, x] + 1, Length[s]]];, {k, 2, nmax}]; CoefficientList[Series[1/s, {x, 0, nmax}], x] (* Vaclav Kotesovec, Aug 28 2018, the fastest *)
    nmax = 50; CoefficientList[Series[Product[Sum[PartitionsP[k]*x^(j*k), {k, 0, nmax/j}], {j, 1, nmax}], {x, 0, nmax}], x] (* Vaclav Kotesovec, Dec 26 2020 *)
  • PARI
    {a(n) = if(n<0, 0, polcoeff( 1 / prod(k=1, n, (1 - x^k + x * O(x^n))^numdiv(k)), n))}; /* Michael Somos, Apr 01 2003 */
    
  • PARI
    N=66; x='x+O('x^N); gf=1/prod(j=1,N, eta(x^j)); Vec(gf) \\ Joerg Arndt, May 03 2008
    
  • PARI
    {a(n)=if(n==0,1,polcoeff(exp(sum(m=1,n,sigma(m)*x^m/(1-x^m+x*O(x^n))/m)),n))} /* Paul D. Hanna, Mar 28 2009 */
    
  • PARI
    {A060640(n)=sumdiv(n, d, d*sigma(n/d))}
    {a(n)=polcoeff(exp(sum(m=1,n+1,A060640(m)*x^m/m)+x*O(x^n)),n)} /* Paul D. Hanna, Oct 19 2011 */

Formula

From Vladeta Jovovic, Apr 21 2001: (Start)
Euler transform of tau(n), tau(n) = the number of divisors of n, cf. A000005.
G.f.: Product_{k>=1} (1 - x^k)^(-tau(k)).
a(n) = 1/n*Sum_{k=1..n} a(n-k)*b(k), n>1, a(0)=1, b(k) = Sum_{d|k} d*tau(d), cf. A060640. (End)
a(n) = Sum_{ partition of n} product p(k(i)), where p(n) is the partition function A000041. E.g., for the partition [4,2^3,1^4], the product is p(1)*p(3)*p(4) = 1*3*5 = 15. - Franklin T. Adams-Watters, Jun 19 2006
G.f.: A(x) = exp( Sum_{n>=1} sigma(n)*x^n/(1-x^n)/n ). - Paul D. Hanna, Mar 28 2009
From Paul D. Hanna, Oct 19 2011: (Start)
Logarithmic derivative yields A060640.
G.f.: A(x) = exp( Sum_{n>=1} A060640(n)*x^n/n ), where A060640(n) = Sum_{d|n} d*sigma(n/d). (End)
G.f.: 1/Product_{n>=1} E(q^n) where E(q) = Product_{n>=1} (1-q^n). - Joerg Arndt, Feb 27 2014
log(a(n)) ~ Pi * sqrt(n*log(n)/3) [Brigham, 1950]. - Vaclav Kotesovec, Jan 04 2017
a(n) ~ exp(Pi*sqrt(n/(3*log(n))) * (log(n) - log(log(n))/2 + gamma + 6*Zeta'(2)/Pi^2 + log(2/Pi) + log(3)/2)) * Pi^(1/4) * (log(n))^(1/8) / (2^(3/4) * 3^(1/8) * n^(5/8)), where gamma is the Euler-Mascheroni constant (A001620) and Zeta'(2) = -0.9375482543158437537... (see A073002) [user Lucia, MathOverflow, 2014]. - Vaclav Kotesovec, Jan 05 2017

A306016 Decimal expansion of -Zeta'(2)/Zeta(2).

Original entry on oeis.org

5, 6, 9, 9, 6, 0, 9, 9, 3, 0, 9, 4, 5, 3, 2, 8, 0, 6, 3, 9, 9, 8, 6, 4, 3, 6, 0, 0, 1, 9, 7, 3, 0, 0, 0, 2, 4, 0, 3, 4, 8, 2, 2, 8, 0, 8, 0, 6, 9, 3, 0, 9, 7, 9, 5, 5, 8, 1, 9, 7, 3, 6, 0, 4, 3, 7, 9, 1, 7, 2, 7, 7, 3, 6, 6, 7, 4, 0, 6, 0, 6, 7, 8, 7, 8, 6, 7
Offset: 0

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Peter Luschny, Jun 17 2018

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Examples

			Equals 0.569960993094532806399864360019730002403482280806930979558...
		

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Programs

  • Maple
    -(6/Pi^2)*Zeta(1,2): evalf(%,100);
  • Mathematica
    RealDigits[- Zeta'[2] / Zeta[2], 10, 87][[1]]
  • PARI
    -zeta'(2)/zeta(2) \\ Michel Marcus, Jan 11 2019

Formula

Equals -(6/Pi^2)*Zeta'(2).
Equals 1 - 12*Zeta'(-1) - gamma - log(2*Pi).
From Amiram Eldar, Aug 14 2020: (Start)
Equals Sum_{k>=1} Lambda(k)/k^2, where Lambda is the Mangoldt function.
Equals Sum_{p prime} log(p)/(p^2 - 1). (End)

A201994 Decimal expansion of zeta''(2), the second derivative of the Riemann zeta function at 2.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 9, 8, 9, 2, 8, 0, 2, 3, 4, 2, 9, 8, 9, 0, 1, 0, 2, 3, 4, 2, 0, 8, 5, 8, 6, 8, 7, 4, 2, 1, 5, 1, 6, 3, 8, 1, 4, 9, 4, 4, 6, 0, 7, 7, 0, 7, 4, 2, 5, 0, 2, 7, 0, 9, 0, 7, 8, 1, 5, 3, 9, 9, 2, 9, 2, 3, 0, 2, 5, 9, 4, 9, 3, 6, 3, 2, 3, 5, 4, 0, 2, 1, 1, 2, 6, 6, 8, 8, 8, 3, 4, 9, 0, 3, 5, 8
Offset: 1

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R. J. Mathar, Dec 07 2011

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Examples

			Equals 1.9892802342989010234208586874215163814944...
		

Crossrefs

Cf. A073002, A201995, A340442 (at 3), A340443 (at 4).

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Formula

zeta''(2) = Sum_{k>=1} (log(k)/k)^2.

A240966 Decimal expansion of zeta'(-2) (the derivative of Riemann's zeta function at -2).

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 3, 0, 4, 4, 8, 4, 5, 7, 0, 5, 8, 3, 9, 3, 2, 7, 0, 7, 8, 0, 2, 5, 1, 5, 3, 0, 4, 7, 1, 1, 5, 4, 7, 7, 6, 6, 4, 7, 0, 0, 0, 4, 8, 3, 5, 4, 4, 9, 7, 3, 9, 3, 6, 2, 5, 2, 9, 7, 1, 8, 8, 9, 8, 5, 9, 0, 3, 7, 8, 1, 7, 9, 4, 4, 9, 3, 6, 8, 9, 8, 6, 7, 7, 7, 9, 4, 5, 8, 4, 8, 8, 0, 8, 7, 4, 4, 9, 5, 9, 7, 0, 3, 6
Offset: 0

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Jean-François Alcover, Aug 05 2014

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Examples

			-0.030448457058393270780251530471154776647000483544973936252971889859...
		

Crossrefs

Cf. A084448 (zeta'(-1)), A075700 (zeta'(0)), A073002 (zeta'(2)), A244115 (zeta'(3)).

Programs

  • Mathematica
    Join[{0}, RealDigits[-Zeta[3]/(4*Pi^2), 10, 103] // First]

Formula

zeta'(-2) = -zeta(3)/(4*Pi^2).
Equals -log(A243262). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Feb 22 2015

A061502 a(n) = Sum_{k<=n} tau(k)^2, where tau = number of divisors function A000005.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 5, 9, 18, 22, 38, 42, 58, 67, 83, 87, 123, 127, 143, 159, 184, 188, 224, 228, 264, 280, 296, 300, 364, 373, 389, 405, 441, 445, 509, 513, 549, 565, 581, 597, 678, 682, 698, 714, 778, 782, 846, 850, 886, 922, 938, 942, 1042, 1051, 1087
Offset: 1

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Author

N. J. A. Sloane, Jun 14 2001

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References

  • R. Ayoub, An Introduction to the Analytic Theory of Numbers, Amer. Math. Soc., 1963; Chapter II, Problem 56.

Crossrefs

Programs

  • Magma
    [&+[NumberOfDivisors(k^2)*Floor(n/k): k in [1..n]]: n in [1..60]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Sep 10 2016
  • Mathematica
    Table[Sum[DivisorSigma[0, k^2]*Floor[n/k], {k, 1, n}], {n, 1, 50}] (* Vaclav Kotesovec, Aug 30 2018 *)
    Accumulate[Table[DivisorSigma[0, n]^2, {n, 1, 50}]] (* Vaclav Kotesovec, Sep 10 2018 *)
  • PARI
    for (n=1, 1024, write("b061502.txt", n, " ", sum(k=1, n, numdiv(k)^2)) ) \\ Harry J. Smith, Jul 23 2009
    
  • PARI
    vector(60, n, sum(k=1, n, numdiv(k)^2)) \\ Michel Marcus, Jul 23 2015
    
  • PARI
    first(n)=my(v=vector(n),s); forfactored(k=1,n, v[k[1]] = s += numdiv(k)^2); v; \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Nov 28 2018
    

Formula

a(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} tau(k^2)*floor(n/k).
Asymptotic to A*n*log(n)^3 + B*n*log(n)^2 + C*n*log(n) + D*n + O(n^(1/2+eps)) where A = 1/Pi^2 and B = (12*gamma-3)/Pi^2 - 36*zeta'(2)/Pi^4. [corrected by Vaclav Kotesovec, Aug 30 2018]
C = 36*gamma^2/Pi^2 - (288*z1/Pi^4 + 24/Pi^2)*gamma + (864*z1^2/Pi^6 + 72*z1/Pi^4 - 72/Pi^4*z2 + 6/Pi^2) - 24*g1/Pi^2 and D = 24*gamma^3/Pi^2 - (432*z1 /Pi^4+ 36/Pi^2)*gamma^2 + (3456*z1^2/Pi^6 + 288*(z1-z2)/Pi^4 + 24/Pi^2 - 72*g1/Pi^2)*gamma + g1*(288*z1/Pi^4 + 24/Pi^2)-10368*z1^3/Pi^8 - 864*z1^2/Pi^6 + 1728*z2*z1/Pi^6 + 72*(z2-z1)/Pi^4- 48*z3/Pi^4 + (12*g2-6)/Pi^2, where gamma is the Euler-Mascheroni constant A001620, z1 = Zeta'(2) = A073002, z2 = Zeta''(2) = A201994, z3 = Zeta'''(2) = A201995 and g1, g2 are the Stieltjes constants, see A082633 and A086279. - Vaclav Kotesovec, Sep 10 2018
See Cully-Hugill & Trudgian, Theorem 2, for an explicit version of the asymptotic given above. - Charles R Greathouse IV, Nov 19 2019

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Definition corrected by N. J. A. Sloane, May 25 2008

A244115 Decimal expansion of -zeta'(3) (the first derivative of the zeta function at 3).

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 9, 8, 1, 2, 6, 2, 4, 2, 8, 8, 5, 6, 3, 6, 8, 5, 3, 3, 3, 0, 6, 8, 1, 8, 2, 1, 5, 0, 3, 2, 8, 5, 7, 9, 6, 8, 7, 5, 5, 4, 2, 7, 9, 3, 4, 6, 3, 8, 3, 5, 0, 0, 3, 3, 4, 6, 8, 8, 9, 9, 6, 3, 1, 9, 2, 7, 2, 5, 6, 6, 9, 4, 2, 2, 6, 5, 1, 1, 0, 4, 1, 5, 1, 5, 7, 0, 8, 4, 2, 1, 7, 7, 5, 9, 5, 7, 4, 2, 1, 4, 9, 9, 1, 1
Offset: 0

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Robert G. Wilson v, Jun 20 2014

Keywords

Examples

			0.19812624288563685333068182150328579687554279346383500334688996319272566942265...
		

Crossrefs

Programs

  • Mathematica
    RealDigits[-Zeta'[3], 10, 105][[1]]

Formula

Sum_{n>=1} log(n) / n^3. - Vaclav Kotesovec, Aug 22 2015

A055155 a(n) = Sum_{d|n} gcd(d, n/d).

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 2, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 6, 5, 4, 2, 8, 2, 4, 4, 10, 2, 10, 2, 8, 4, 4, 2, 12, 7, 4, 8, 8, 2, 8, 2, 14, 4, 4, 4, 20, 2, 4, 4, 12, 2, 8, 2, 8, 10, 4, 2, 20, 9, 14, 4, 8, 2, 16, 4, 12, 4, 4, 2, 16, 2, 4, 10, 22, 4, 8, 2, 8, 4, 8, 2, 30, 2, 4, 14, 8, 4, 8, 2, 20, 17, 4, 2, 16, 4, 4, 4, 12, 2, 20, 4, 8, 4, 4
Offset: 1

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Leroy Quet, Jul 02 2000

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Comments

a(n) is odd iff n is odd square. - Vladeta Jovovic, Aug 27 2002
From Robert Israel, Dec 26 2015: (Start)
a(n) >= A000005(n), with equality iff n is squarefree (i.e., is in A005117).
a(n) = 2 iff n is prime. (End)

Examples

			a(9) = gcd(1,9) + gcd(3,3) + gcd(9,1) = 5, since 1, 3, 9 are the positive divisors of 9.
		

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Programs

  • Maple
    N:= 1000: # to get a(1) to a(N)
    V:= Vector(N):
    for k from 1 to N do
       for j from 1 to floor(N/k) do
         V[k*j]:= V[k*j]+igcd(k,j)
       od
    od:
    convert(V,list); # Robert Israel, Dec 26 2015
  • Mathematica
    Table[DivisorSum[n, GCD[#, n/#] &], {n, 94}] (* Michael De Vlieger, Sep 23 2017 *)
    f[p_, e_] := If[EvenQ[e], (p^(e/2)*(p+1)-2)/(p-1), 2*(p^((e+1)/2)-1)/(p-1)]; a[1] = 1; a[n_] := Times @@ (f @@@ FactorInteger[n]); Array[a, 100] (* Amiram Eldar, Sep 30 2020 *)
  • PARI
    a(n) = sumdiv(n, d, gcd(d, n/d)); \\ Michel Marcus, Aug 03 2016
    
  • Python
    from sympy import divisors, gcd
    def A055155(n): return sum(gcd(d,n//d) for d in divisors(n,generator=True)) # Chai Wah Wu, Aug 19 2021

Formula

Multiplicative with a(p^e) = (p^(e/2)*(p+1)-2)/(p-1) for even e and a(p^e) = 2*(p^((e+1)/2)-1)/(p-1) for odd e. - Vladeta Jovovic, Nov 01 2001
Dirichlet g.f.: (zeta(s))^2*zeta(2s-1)/zeta(2s); inverse Mobius transform of A000188. - R. J. Mathar, Feb 16 2011
Dirichlet convolution of A069290 and A008966. - R. J. Mathar, Oct 31 2011
Sum_{k=1..n} a(k) ~ 3*n / (2*Pi^6) * (Pi^4 * log(n)^2 + ((8*g - 2)*Pi^4 - 24 * Pi^2 * z1) * log(n) + 2*Pi^4 * (1 - 4*g + 5*g^2 - 6*sg1) + 288 * z1^2 - 24 * Pi^2 * (-z1 + 4*g*z1 + z2)), where g is the Euler-Mascheroni constant A001620, sg1 is the first Stieltjes constant A082633, z1 = Zeta'(2) = A073002, z2 = Zeta''(2) = A201994. - Vaclav Kotesovec, Feb 01 2019
a(n) = (1/n)*Sum_{i=1..n} sigma(gcd(n,i^2)). - Ridouane Oudra, Dec 30 2020
a(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} gcd(gcd(n,k),n/gcd(n,k))/phi(n/gcd(n,k)), where phi = A000010. - Richard L. Ollerton, May 09 2021
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