A118205 Euler transform of the negative of the Liouville function.

1, -1, 1, 0, -1, 2, -2, 2, 0, -2, 3, -2, 1, 2, -3, 3, -2, 0, 3, -2, 3, -2, 0, 2, -2, 3, -1, 0, 1, -2, 5, 0, 0, 1, -2, 1, 1, 2, 0, 1, -2, 1, 4, -1, 4, -2, -3, 6, -2, 5, 6, -8, 6, -4, 2, 9, -8, 7, -4, -1, 11, -1, 5, 1, -8, 5, 2, 4, 7, -8, 4, 2, 1, 14, -2, 0, -1, -6, 19, 2, 5, 6, -15, 12, 1, 3, 18, -17, 1, 9, 0, 29, -4, -3, 4, -13, 14, 17, 2, 0, -4

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Author

Stuart Clary, Apr 15 2006

Keywords

• sign
• easy

Links

• Peter Bala, Cyclotomic polynomials and the generating functions of A118205 and A118206
• Wikipedia, Cyclotomic polynomial
• Wikipedia, Liouville function

Crossrefs

Cf. A061020, A117208, A118206, A118207, A118208.

Programs

Mathematica

nmax = 100; lambda[k_Integer?Positive] := If[ k > 1, (-1)^Total[ Part[Transpose[FactorInteger[k]], 2] ], 1 ]; CoefficientList[ Series[ Product[ (1 - x^k)^lambda[k], {k, 1, nmax} ], {x, 0, nmax} ], x ]
(* Second program (needs Mma >= 7.0): *)
nmax = 100;
Product[(1 - x^n)^LiouvilleLambda[n], {n, 1, nmax}] + O[x]^(nmax+1) // CoefficientList[#, x]& (* Jean-François Alcover, Jan 08 2020 *)

Formula

G.f.: A(x) = Product_{k>=1} (1 - x^k)^lambda(k) where lambda(k) is the Liouville function, A008836.

G.f.: A(x) = - Product_{k >= 1} C(k,x^k), where C(k,x) denotes the k-th cyclotomic polynomial. - Peter Bala, Mar 31 2023