A167312 Totally multiplicative sequence with a(p) = 2*(p-3) for prime p.

1, -2, 0, 4, 4, 0, 8, -8, 0, -8, 16, 0, 20, -16, 0, 16, 28, 0, 32, 16, 0, -32, 40, 0, 16, -40, 0, 32, 52, 0, 56, -32, 0, -56, 32, 0, 68, -64, 0, -32, 76, 0, 80, 64, 0, -80, 88, 0, 64, -32, 0, 80, 100, 0, 64, -64, 0, -104, 112, 0, 116, -112, 0, 64, 80, 0, 128, 112

Offset: 1

Author

Jaroslav Krizek, Nov 01 2009

Keywords

• sign
• easy
• mult

Links

• G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000

Crossrefs

Cf. A001222, A061142, A166589.

Programs

Mathematica

a[1] = 1; a[n_] := (fi = FactorInteger[n]; Times @@ ((fi[[All, 1]] - 3)^fi[[All, 2]])); Table[a[n]*2^PrimeOmega[n], {n, 1, 100}] (* G. C. Greubel, Jun 08 2016 *)
f[p_, e_] := (2*(p-3))^e; a[1] = 1; a[n_] := Times @@ f @@@ FactorInteger[n]; Array[a, 100] (* Amiram Eldar, Oct 21 2023 *)

Formula

Multiplicative with a(p^e) = (2*(p-3))^e. If n = Product p(k)^e(k) then a(n) = Product (2*(p(k)-3))^e(k).

a(3k) = 0 for k >= 1.

a(n) = A061142(n) * A166589(n) = 2^bigomega(n) * A166589(n) = 2^A001222(n) * A166589(n).