A274516 Place n equally-spaced points around a circle, labeled 0,1,2,...,n-1. For each i = 0..n-1 such that 5i != i mod n, draw an (undirected) chord from i to (5i mod n). Then a(n) is the total number of distinct chords.
0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 4, 2, 6, 2, 7, 8, 10, 4, 12, 12, 13, 10, 16, 14, 18, 16, 19, 20, 22, 10, 24, 24, 25, 24, 28, 26, 30, 26, 31, 32, 34, 28, 36, 36, 37, 34, 40, 38, 42, 40, 43, 44, 46, 34, 48, 48, 49, 48, 52, 50, 54, 50, 55, 56, 58, 52, 60, 60
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- Brooke Logan, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..10000
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We argue as in A273724. There are n-1 choices for i.
For nontrivial chords we need i != 5i mod n, which means 4i != 0 mod n, and so when n == 0 mod 4 we must subtract 3 from n-1 and when n == 2 mod 4 we must subtract 1 from n-1.
A chord occurs twice (but must be counted only once) when j==5i mod n and i==5j mod n, thus when 24i == 0 mod n. If n == +/- 3, +/- 9 mod 24 then subtract another 1, if n == +/- 6, +/- 8 mod 24 then subtract another 2, if n==12 mod 24 subtract 4, and if n == 0 mod 24 then subtract another 10.
Putting the pieces together, we obtain the g.f.
x^2/(1-x)^2-(3+x^2)/(1-x^4)-(x^3+x^9+x^15+x^21)/(1-x^24)-2(x^6+x^8+x^16+x^18)/(1-x^24)-(4*x^12+10)/(1-x^24)+13.
The g.f. can also be written as
(14*x^25 - 12*x^24 + 2*x^23 + x^22 + 3*x^21 - 2*x^20 + 2*x^19 + 4*x^17 - x^16 + x^15 + 8*x^13 - 6*x^12 + 2*x^11 + x^10 + 3*x^9 - 2*x^8 + 2*x^7 + 4*x^5 - x^4 + x^3 + 2*x - 2) / ((1-x)*(1-x^24)).
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