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Define an "XOR difference triangle" for a sequence A by the following process. Start with A in the leftmost column. Generate the next column by performing the XOR operation between adjacent terms of the prior column. Repeat this process to generate the XOR difference triangle for A. Further, we define the "XOR BINOMIAL transform" of A as the main diagonal in the XOR difference triangle for A. The XOR BINOMIAL transform is its self-inverse. Let a sequence B be the XOR BINOMIAL transform of A, then we may express B by: B(n) = SumXOR_{k=0..n} A047999(n,k)*A(k), which is equivalent to: B(n) = (C(n,0)mod 2)*A(0) XOR (C(n,1)mod 2)*A(1) XOR (C(n,2)mod 2)*A(2) XOR ... XOR (X(n,n)mod 2)*A(n), where the coefficients are C(n,k)(mod 2) = A047999(n,k).

This sequence is a rearrangement of the numbers which are 2^k times distinct Fermat numbers (numbers of the form 2^(2^m) + 1). This matches the sizes of polygons constructible with compass and straightedge (A003401) up to 2^32+1, which is the first nonprime Fermat number. - Franklin T. Adams-Watters, Jun 16 2006

From Peter Munn, Apr 06 2021: (Start)

a(n) is determined by the prime signature of n.

Compare with the multiplicative, self-inverse A225546, which also maps 2^e to the squarefree number A019565(e). However, this sequence maps p^e to the same squarefree number for every prime p, whereas A225546 maps the e-th power of progressively larger primes to progressively greater powers of A019565(e).

Both sequences map powers of squarefree numbers to powers of squarefree numbers.

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For any number n > 0, let f(n) be the polynomial in a single indeterminate x where the coefficient of x^e is the prime(1+e)-adic valuation of n (where prime(k) denotes the k-th prime); f establishes a bijection between the positive numbers and the polynomials in a single indeterminate x with nonnegative integer coefficients; let g be the inverse of f; T(n, k) = g(f(n) * f(k)).

This table has many similarities with A248601.

For any n > 0 and m > 0, f(n * m) = f(n) + f(m).

Also, f(1) = 0 and f(2) = 1.

The function f can be naturally extended to the set of positive rational numbers: if r = u/v (not necessarily in reduced form), then f(r) = f(u) - f(v); as such, f is a homomorphism from the multiplicative group of positive rational numbers to the additive group of polynomials of a single indeterminate x with integer coefficients.

See A297473 for the main diagonal of T.

As a binary operation, T(.,.) is related to A306697(.,.) and A329329(.,.). When their operands are terms of A050376 (sometimes called Fermi-Dirac primes) the three operations give the same result. However the rest of the multiplication table for T(.,.) can be derived from these results because T(.,.) distributes over integer multiplication (A003991), whereas for A306697 and A329329, the equivalent derivation uses distribution over A059896(.,.) and A059897(.,.) respectively. - Peter Munn, Mar 25 2020

From Peter Munn, Jun 16 2021: (Start)

The operation defined by this sequence can be extended to be the multiplicative operator of a ring over the positive rationals that is isomorphic to the polynomial ring Z[x]. The extended function f (described in the author's original comments) is the isomorphism we use, and it has the same relationship with the extended operation that exists between their unextended equivalents.

Denoting this extension of T(.,.) as t_Q(.,.), we get t_Q(n, 1/k) = t_Q(1/n, k) = 1/T(n, k) and t_Q(1/n, 1/k) = T(n, k) for positive integers n and k. The result for other rationals is derived from the distributive property: t_Q(q, r*s) = t_Q(q, r) * t_Q(q, s); t_Q(q*r, s) = t_Q(q, s) * t_Q(r, s). This may look unusual because standard multiplication of rational numbers takes on the role of the ring's additive group.

There are many OEIS sequences that can be shown to be a list of the integers in an ideal of this ring. See the cross-references.

There are some completely additive sequences that similarly define by extension completely additive functions on the positive rationals that can be shown to be homomorphisms from this ring onto the integer ring Z, and these functions relate to some of the ideals. For example, the extended function of A048675, denoted A048675_Q, maps i/j to A048675(i) - A048675(j) for positive integers i and j. For any positive integer k, the set {r rational > 0 : k divides A048675_Q(r)} forms an ideal of the ring; for k=2 and k=3 the integers in this ideal are listed in A003159 and A332820 respectively.

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a(n) is the n-th Stern polynomial (cf. A260443, A125184) evaluated at X = 2 over the field GF(2).

For n >= 1, a(n) gives the index of the row where n occurs in array A277710.

These are prime-factorization representations of single-variable polynomials where the coefficient of term x^(k-1) (encoded as the exponent of prime(k) in the factorization of n) is equal to the number of nonzero digits that occur on the slope (k-1) levels below the "maximal slope" in the factorial base representation of n. See A275811 for the definition of the "digit slopes" in this context.

From David A. Corneth, Oct 22 2016: (Start)

The exponents of the prime factorization of a(n) are first nondecreasing, then nonincreasing.

The exponent of 2 in the prime factorization of a(n) is 1. (End)

This sequence is a variant of A256739; both sequences have nice graphical features.

Replacing "SumXOR" by "Sum" in the name leads to the Jordan function J_2 (A007434).

For any sequence f of nonnegative integers with positive indices:

- let x_f be the unique sequence satisfying SumXOR_{d divides n} x_f(d) = f(n) for any n > 0,

- in particular, x_A000027 = A256739 and x_A000290 = a (this sequence),

- also, x_A178910 = A000027 and x_A055895 = A000079,

- see the links section for a gallery of x_f plots for some classic f functions,

- x_f(1) = f(1),

- x_f(p) = f(1) XOR f(p) for any prime p,

- x_A063524 = A008966,

- x_f(n) = SumXOR_{d divides n and n/d is squarefree} f(d) for any n > 0,

- the function x: f -> x_f is a bijection,

- A000004 is the only fixed point of x (i.e. x_f = f if and only if f = A000004),

- for any sequence f, x_{2*f} = 2 * x_f,

- for any sequences g and f, x_{g XOR f} = x_g XOR x_f.

From Antti Karttunen, Dec 29 2017: (Start)

The transform x_f described above could be called "Xor-Moebius transform of f" because of its analogous construction to Möbius transform with A008683 replaced by A008966 and the summation replaced by cumulative XOR.

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From Antti Karttunen, Jul 29 2015: (Start)

The square array A(row,col) is read by downwards antidiagonals as: A(1,1), A(1,2), A(2,1), A(1,3), A(2,2), A(3,1), etc.

A(n,m) (entry at row=n, column=m) gives the evaluation at x=n of the polynomial (with nonnegative integer coefficients) bijectively encoded in the prime factorization of m. See A206284, A206296 for the details of that encoding. (The roles of variables n and m were accidentally swapped in this description, corrected by Antti Karttunen, Oct 30 2016)

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Each row is a completely additive sequence, row n mapping prime(m) to n^(m-1). - Peter Munn, Apr 22 2022

a(n) = each row of A053632 reduced mod 2 and interpreted as a binary number.