A244971 Number of regions in the symmetric representation of sigma(n) on the four quadrants.

1, 1, 4, 1, 4, 1, 4, 1, 8, 4, 4, 1, 4, 4, 8, 1, 4, 1, 4, 1, 12, 4, 4, 1, 8, 4, 12, 1, 4, 1, 4, 1, 12, 4, 8, 1, 4, 4, 12, 1, 4, 1, 4, 4, 8, 4, 4, 1, 8, 8, 12, 4, 4, 1, 12, 1, 12, 4, 4, 1, 4, 4, 16, 1, 12, 1, 4, 4, 12, 8, 4, 1, 4, 4, 12, 4, 8, 4, 4, 1, 16, 4, 4, 1, 12, 4, 12, 1, 4, 1

Offset: 1

Author

Omar E. Pol, Jul 08 2014

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

Partial sums give A244970.

Number of terraces at the n-th level (starting from the top) of the stepped pyramid described in A244050. - Omar E. Pol, Apr 20 2016

Examples

			From _Omar E. Pol_, Apr 20 2016: (Start)
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Note that the above diagram contains a hidden pattern, simpler, which emerges from the front view of every corner of the stepped pyramid.
For more information about the hidden pattern see A237593.
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Links

• Antti Karttunen, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..5000 (computed from the b-file of A237271 provided by Michel Marcus)

Crossrefs

Cf. A000203, A196020, A235791, A236104, A237270, A237271, A237591, A237593, A239050, A239660, A239931-A239934, A244050, A244370, A244371, A244970, A245092.

Programs

PARI

lista() = {v = readvec("b237271.txt"); for (i=1, #v, vi = v[i]; if (vi == 1, w = 1, w = 4*(vi-1)); print1(w, ", "););} \\ Michel Marcus, Sep 29 2014

Formula

a(n) = 1, if A237271(n) = 1.

a(n) = 4*(A237271(n) - 1), if A237271(n) > 1.