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A006863
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Denominator of B_{2n}/(-4n), where B_m are the Bernoulli numbers.
(Formerly M5150)
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16
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1, 24, 240, 504, 480, 264, 65520, 24, 16320, 28728, 13200, 552, 131040, 24, 6960, 171864, 32640, 24, 138181680, 24, 1082400, 151704, 5520, 1128, 4455360, 264, 12720, 86184, 13920, 1416, 6814407600, 24
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OFFSET
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0,2
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COMMENTS
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Carmichael defines lambda(n) to be the exponent of the group U(n) of units of the integers mod n. He shows that given m there is a number lambda^*(m) such that lambda(n) divides m if and only if n divides lambda^*(m). He gives a formula for lambda^*(m), equivalent to the one I've quoted for even m. (We have lambda^*(m)=2 for any odd m.) The present sequence gives the values of lambda^*(2m) for positive integers m. - Peter J. Cameron, Mar 25 2002
(-1)^n*B_{2n}/(-4n) = Integral_{t>=0} t^(2n-1)/(exp(2*Pi*t) - 1)dt. - Benoit Cloitre, Apr 04 2002
Michael Lugo (see link) conjectures, and Peter McNamara proves, that a(n) = gcd_{ primes p > 2n+1 } (p^(2n) - 1). - Tanya Khovanova, Feb 21 2009 [edited by Charles R Greathouse IV, Dec 03 2014]
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REFERENCES
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Bruce Berndt, Ramanujan's Notebooks Part II, Springer-Verlag; see Integrals and Asymptotic Expansions, p. 220.
F. Hirzebruch et al., Manifolds and Modular Forms, Vieweg, 2nd ed. 1994, p. 130.
J. W. Milnor and J. D. Stasheff, Characteristic Classes, Princeton, 1974, p. 286.
Douglas C. Ravenel, Complex cobordism theory for number theorists, Lecture Notes in Mathematics, 1326, Springer-Verlag, Berlin-New York, 1988, pp. 123-133.
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
R. C. Vaughan and T. D. Wooley, Waring's problem: a survey, pp. 285-324 of Surveys in Number Theory (Urbana, May 21, 2000), ed. M. A. Bennett et al., Peters, 2003. (The function K(2n), see p. 303.)
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LINKS
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FORMULA
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B_{2k}/(4k) = -(1/2)*zeta(1-2k). For n > 0, a(n) = gcd k^L (k^{2n}-1) where k ranges over all the integers and L is as large as necessary.
Product of 2^{a+2} (where 2^a exactly divides 2*n) and p^{a+1} (where p is an odd prime such that p-1 divides 2*n and p^a exactly divides 2*n). - Peter J. Cameron, Mar 25 2002
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MAPLE
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1, seq(denom(bernoulli(2*n)/(-4*n)), n=1 .. 100); # Robert Israel, Dec 03 2014
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MATHEMATICA
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a[n_] := Denominator[BernoulliB[2n]/(-4n)]; Table[a[n], {n, 0, 31}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Mar 20 2011 *)
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PROG
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(PARI) a(n) = if (n == 0, 1, denominator(bernfrac(2*n)/(-4*n))); \\ Michel Marcus, Sep 10 2013
(Magma) [1] cat [Denominator(Bernoulli(2*n)/(-4*n)):n in [1..35]]; // G. C. Greubel, Sep 19 2019
(Sage) [1]+[denominator(bernoulli(2*n)/(-4*n)) for n in (1..35)] # G. C. Greubel, Sep 19 2019
(GAP) Concatenation([1], List([1..35], n-> DenominatorRat(Bernoulli(2*n)/(-4*n)) )); # G. C. Greubel, Sep 19 2019
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CROSSREFS
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KEYWORD
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nonn,easy,frac,nice
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STATUS
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approved
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