A365877 a(n) is the number of quadratic equations u*x^2 + v*x + w = 0 with distinct solution sets L != {} and integer coefficients u, v, w, where n >= abs(u) + abs(v) + abs(w) and the sum of the solutions equals the product of the solutions.

1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 11, 15, 17, 23, 25, 32, 35, 40, 44, 53, 56, 66, 71, 78, 83, 95, 100, 111, 117, 127, 134, 150, 154, 171, 180, 191, 199, 213, 220, 240, 250, 263, 272, 294, 301, 324, 335, 348, 360, 386, 395, 419, 430, 448, 461, 490, 500, 522, 536, 556, 571, 603

Offset: 1

Author

Felix Huber, Sep 22 2023

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

According to Vieta's formulas, x_1 + x_2 = -v/u and x_1*x_2 = w/u. So x_1 + x_2 = x_1*x_2 when v = -w. Furthermore, the discriminant must not be negative, i.e., v^2 - 4*u*w = v^2 + 4*u*v >= 0.

Examples

			For n = 11 the a(11) = 23 equations are given by (u, v, w) = (1, 0, 0), (1, 1, -1), (2, 1, -1), (1, 2, -2), (3, 1, -1), (4, 1, -1), (5, 1, -1), (3, 2, -2), (1, 3, -3), (6, 1, -1), (2, 3, -3), (7, 1, -1), (5, 2, -2), (1, 4, -4), (-1, 4, -4), (8, 1, -1), (4, 3, -3), (9, 1, -1), (7, 2, -2), (5, 3, -3), (3, 4, -4), (1, 5, -5), (-1, 5, -5).
Equations multiplied by -1 do not have a different solution set; for example, (- 1, -1, 1) has the same solution set as (1, 1, -1).
Equations with GCD(u, v, w) != 1 are excluded, because their solution set are assigned to equations with lower n. For example, (2, 0, 0) is not included here, because its solution set is already assigned to (1, 0, 0).
Equations with a double solution are considered to have two equal solutions. For example, (-1, 4, -4) has the two solutions x_1 = x_2 = 2.
		

Links

• Wikipedia, Quadratic equation.
• Wikipedia, Vieta's formulas.

Crossrefs

Cf. A364384, A364385, A341123, A365892.

Partial sums of A365876.

Programs

Maple

A365876:= proc(n) local u, v, a, min; u := n; v := 0; a := 0; min := true; while min = true do if u <> 0 and gcd(u, v) = 1 then a := a + 1; end if; u := u - 2; v:=(n-abs(u))/2; if u < -1/9*n then min := false; end if; end do; return a; end proc;
A365877:= proc(n) local s; option remember; if n = 1 then A365876(1); else procname(n - 1) + A365876(n); end if; end proc; seq(A365877(n), n = 1 .. 59);

Python

from math import gcd
def A365877(n):
    if n == 1: return 1
    c = 1
    for m in range(2,n+1):
        for v in range(1,m+1>>1):
            u = m-(v<<1)
            if gcd(u,v)==1:
                v2, u2 = v*v, v*(u<<2)
                if v2+u2 >= 0:
                    c +=1
                if v2-u2 >= 0:
                    c +=1
    return c # Chai Wah Wu, Oct 05 2023

Formula

a(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} A365876(k).

a(n) = A341123(n) for 1 <= n <= 13.