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XOR BINOMIAL transform of this sequence is A099886.

See A099884.

The original motivation for this sequence was to encode the prime factorization of n in the binary representation of a(n), each such representation being unique as long as this map is restricted to A005117 (squarefree numbers, resulting a permutation of nonnegative integers A048672) or any of its subsequence, resulting an injective function like A048623 and A048639.

However, also the restriction to A260443 (not all terms of which are squarefree) results a permutation of nonnegative integers, namely A001477, the identity permutation.

When a polynomial with nonnegative integer coefficients is encoded with the prime factorization of n (e.g., as in A206296, A260443), then a(n) gives the evaluation of that polynomial at x=2.

The primitive completely additive integer sequence that satisfies a(n) = a(A225546(n)), n >= 1. By primitive, we mean that if b is another such sequence, then there is an integer k such that b(n) = k * a(n) for all n >= 1. - Peter Munn, Feb 03 2020

If the binary rank of an integer partition y is given by Sum_i 2^(y_i-1), and the Heinz number is Product_i prime(y_i), then a(n) is the binary rank of the integer partition with Heinz number n. Note the function taking a set s to Sum_i 2^(s_i-1) is the inverse of A048793 (binary indices), and the function taking a multiset m to Product_i prime(m_i) is the inverse of A112798 (prime indices). - Gus Wiseman, May 22 2024

The terms 1 and 2 correspond to degenerate polygons.

These are also the numbers for which phi(n) is a power of 2: A209229(A000010(a(n))) = 1. - Olivier Gérard Feb 15 1999

From Stanislav Sykora, May 02 2016: (Start)

The sequence can be also defined as follows: (i) 1 is a member. (ii) Double of any member is also a member. (iii) If a member is not divisible by a Fermat prime F_k then its product with F_k is also a member. In particular, the powers of 2 (A000079) are a subset and so are the Fermat primes (A019434), which are the only odd prime members.

The definition is too restrictive (though correct): The Georg Mohr - Lorenzo Mascheroni theorem shows that constructibility using a straightedge and a compass is equivalent to using compass only. Moreover, Jean Victor Poncelet has shown that it is also equivalent to using straightedge and a fixed ('rusty') compass. With the work of Jakob Steiner, this became part of the Poncelet-Steiner theorem establishing the equivalence to using straightedge and a fixed circle (with a known center). A further extension by Francesco Severi replaced the availability of a circle with that of a fixed arc, no matter how small (but still with a known center).

Constructibility implies that when m is a member of this sequence, the edge length 2*sin(Pi/m) of an m-gon with circumradius 1 can be written as a finite expression involving only integer numbers, the four basic arithmetic operations, and the square root. (End)

If x,y are terms, and gcd(x,y) is a power of 2 then x*y is also a term. - David James Sycamore, Aug 24 2024

The binary digits of a(n) encode the prime factorization of A007913(n), where the i-th digit from the right is 1 if and only if prime(i) divides A007913(n), otherwise 0. - Robert Israel, Jan 12 2015

Old name: a(1) = 0; a(A000040(n)) = 2^(n-1), and a(n*m) = a(n) XOR a(m).

XOR is the bitwise exclusive or operation (A003987).

a(k^2) = 0 for a natural number k.

Equivalently, the i-th binary digit from the right is 1 iff prime(i) divides n an odd number of times, otherwise zero. - Ethan Beihl, Oct 15 2016

When a polynomial with nonnegative integer coefficients is encoded with the prime factorization of n (e.g., as in A206296, A260443, with scheme explained in A206284), then A048675(n) gives the evaluation of that polynomial at x=2. This sequence is otherwise similar, except the polynomial is evaluated over the field GF(2), which implies also that all its coefficients are essentially reduced modulo 2. - Antti Karttunen, Dec 11 2015

Squarefree numbers (A005117) give the positions k where a(k) = A048675(k). - Antti Karttunen, Oct 29 2016

From Peter Munn, Jun 07 2021: (Start)

When we encode polynomials with nonnegative integer coefficients as described by Antti Karttunen above, polynomial addition is represented by integer multiplication, multiplication is represented by A297845(.,.), and this sequence represents a surjective semiring homomorphism to polynomials in GF(2)[x] (encoded as described in A048720). The mapping of addition operations by this homomorphism is part of the sequence definition: "a(n*m) = a(n) XOR a(m)". The mapping of multiplication is given by a(A297845(n, k)) = A048720(a(n), a(k)).

In a related way, A329329 defines a representation of a different set of polynomials as positive integers, namely polynomials in GF(2)[x,y].

Let P_n(x,y) denote the polynomial represented, as in A329329, by n >= 1. If 0 is substituted for y in P_n(x,y), we get a polynomial P'_n(x,y) (in which y does not appear, of course) that is equivalent to a polynomial P'_n(x) in GF(2)[x]. a(n) is the integer encoding of P'_n(x) (described in A048720).

Viewed as above, this sequence represents another surjective homomorphism, a homomorphism between polynomial rings, with A329329(.,.)/A059897(.,.) and A048720(.,.)/A003987(.,.) as the respective ring operations.

a(n) can be composed as a(n) = A048675(A007913(n)) and the effect of the A007913(.) component corresponds to different operations on the respective polynomial domains of the two homomorphisms described above. In the first homomorphism, coefficients are reduced modulo 2; in the second, 0 is substituted for y. This is illustrated in the examples.

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a(n) is the n-th Stern polynomial (cf. A260443, A125184) evaluated at X = 2 over the field GF(2).

For n >= 1, a(n) gives the index of the row where n occurs in array A277710.

The first column of the array is given by A123098; subsequent columns are obtained by applying the function A003961, i.e., replacing each prime factor by the next larger prime. - M. F. Hasler, Sep 17 2016

Interpretation with respect to A329329 from Peter Munn, Feb 08 2020: (Start)

With respect to the ring defined by A329329 and A059897, the first row gives powers of 3, the first column gives powers of 6, both in order of increasing exponent, and the body of the table gives their products. A329049 is the equivalent table in which the first column gives powers of 4.

A099884 is the equivalent table for the ring defined by A048720 and A003987. That ring is an image of the polynomial ring GF(2)[x] using a standard representation of the polynomials as integers. A329329 describes a comparable mapping to integers from the related polynomial ring GF(2)[x,y].

Using these mappings, the tables here and in A099884 are matching images: the first row represents powers of x, the first column represents powers of (x+1) and the body of the table gives their products.

Hugo van der Sanden's formula (see formula section) indicates that A019565 provides a mapping from A099884. In the wider terms described above, A019565 is an injective homomorphism between images of the 2 polynomial rings, and maps the image of each GF(2)[x] polynomial to the image of the equivalent GF(2)[x,y] polynomial.

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For all n >= 1, A277818 (= A268389(n)+1) gives the (one-based) index of the column where n is located in this array, while A268671(n) gives the (one-based) index of the row where it is on.

This array is obtained when one selects from A277320 the columns 1, 3, 5, 15, 17, 51, ..., i.e., those with an index A001317(k).

As a square array read by descending antidiagonals, A(n, k), n >= 1, k >= 1, gives the encoding defined in A297845 of the polynomial (x+1)^(n-1) * x^(k-1). - Peter Munn, Jul 27 2022