A291520 The arithmetic function uhat(n,4,2).

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4

Offset: 1

Author

Robert Price, Aug 25 2017

Keywords

• nonn

Links

• Michael De Vlieger, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
• Bela Bajnok, Additive Combinatorics: A Menu of Research Problems, arXiv:1705.07444 [math.NT], May 2017. See Table in Section 1.6.4.

Crossrefs

Cf. A289435, A289436, A289437, A289438, A289439, A289440, A289441.

Programs

Mathematica

delta[r_, k_, d_] := If[r < k, (k - r)*r - (d - 1), If[k < r && r < d, (d - r)*(r - k) - (d - 1), If[k == r && r == d, d - 1, 0]]] uhat[n_, m_, h_] := (dx = Divisors[n]; dmin = n; For[i = 1, i ≤ Length[dx], i++, d = dx[[i]]; k = m - d*Ceiling[m/d] + d; r = h - d*Ceiling[h/d] + d; If[h ≤ Min[k, d - 1], dmin = Min[dmin, n, (h*Ceiling[m/d] - h + 1)*d, h*m - h*h + 1], dmin = Min[dmin, n, h*m - h*h + 1 - delta[r, k, d]]]]; dmin) Table[uhat[n, 4, 2], {n, 1, 70}]

Formula

Conjectures from Chai Wah Wu, Jun 10 2025: (Start)

a(n) = a(n-2) for n > 5.

G.f.: x*(-2*x^4 - 2*x^3 - 2*x^2 - 2*x - 1)/(x^2 - 1). (End)