A330590 Triangle read by rows: T(n,k) is the number of positive integers m dividing x^n - x^k for all integers x, 0 < k < n.
2, 4, 2, 2, 6, 2, 8, 2, 8, 2, 2, 12, 2, 8, 2, 8, 2, 16, 2, 8, 2, 2, 18, 2, 20, 2, 8, 2, 8, 2, 24, 2, 20, 2, 8, 2, 2, 12, 2, 24, 2, 20, 2, 8, 2, 8, 2, 16, 2, 24, 2, 20, 2, 8, 2, 2, 12, 2, 20, 2, 24, 2, 20, 2, 8, 2, 32, 2, 16, 2, 24, 2, 24, 2, 20, 2, 8, 2, 2, 72
Offset: 2
Examples
Table begins: n\k| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ---+------------------------------------------------- 2 | 2; 3 | 4, 2; 4 | 2, 6, 2; 5 | 8, 2, 8, 2; 6 | 2, 12, 2, 8, 2; 7 | 8, 2, 16, 2, 8, 2; 8 | 2, 18, 2, 20, 2, 8, 2; 9 | 8, 2, 24, 2, 20, 2, 8, 2; 10 | 2, 12, 2, 24, 2, 20, 2, 8, 2; 11 | 8, 2, 16, 2, 24, 2, 20, 2, 8, 2; 12 | 2, 12, 2, 20, 2, 24, 2, 20, 2, 8, 2. For n=4 and k=2, the sequence x^4 - x^2 evaluated on the positive (equivalently, negative) integers is 0,12,72,240,600,1260,2352,4032,6480,9900,... and all terms are divisible by the following T(4,2) = 6 positive integers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 12.
Links
- Peter Kagey, Table of n, a(n) for n = 2..10012 (first 141 rows, flattened)