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A018892 Number of ways to write 1/n as a sum of exactly 2 unit fractions. 45
1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 5, 2, 4, 3, 5, 2, 8, 2, 5, 5, 5, 2, 8, 2, 8, 5, 5, 2, 11, 3, 5, 4, 8, 2, 14, 2, 6, 5, 5, 5, 13, 2, 5, 5, 11, 2, 14, 2, 8, 8, 5, 2, 14, 3, 8, 5, 8, 2, 11, 5, 11, 5, 5, 2, 23, 2, 5, 8, 7, 5, 14, 2, 8, 5, 14, 2, 18, 2, 5, 8, 8, 5, 14, 2, 14, 5, 5, 2, 23, 5, 5, 5, 11, 2, 23, 5, 8, 5, 5, 5, 17, 2, 8, 8 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
a(n) = (tau(n^2)+1)/2. Number of elements in the set {(x,y): x|n, y|n, x<=y, gcd(x,y)=1}. Number of divisors of n^2 less than or equal to n. - Vladeta Jovovic, May 03 2002
Equivalently, number of pairs (x,y) such that lcm(x,y)=n. - Benoit Cloitre, May 16 2002
Also, number of right triangles with an integer hypotenuse and height n. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 10 2002
The triangles are to be considered as resting on their hypotenuse, with the height measured to the right angle. - Franklin T. Adams-Watters, Feb 19 2015
a(n) >= 2 for n>=2 because of the identities 1/n = 1/(2*n) + 1/(2*n) = 1/(n+1) + 1/(n*(n+1)). - Lekraj Beedassy, May 04 2004
a(n) is the number of divisors of n^2 that are <= n; e.g., a(12) counts these 8 divisors of 12: 1,2,3,4,6,8,9,12. - Clark Kimberling, Apr 21 2019
REFERENCES
K. S. Brown, Posting to netnews group sci.math, Aug 17 1996.
L. E. Dickson, History of The Theory of Numbers, Vol. 2 p. 690, Chelsea NY 1923.
A. M. & I. M. Yaglom, Challenging Mathematical Problems With Elementary Solutions, Vol. 1 pp. 8;60 Prob. 19 Dover NY
LINKS
Roger B. Eggleton, Problem 10501(a), American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 105, No. 4, 1998 p. 372.
FORMULA
If n = (p1^a1)(p2^a2)...(pt^at), a(n) = ((2*a1 + 1)(2*a2 + 1) ... (2*at + 1) + 1)/2.
a(n) = A063647(n)+1 = A046079(2*n)+1. - Lekraj Beedassy, Dec 01 2003
a(n) = Sum_{d|n} phi(2^omega(d)), where phi is A000010 and omega is A001221. - Enrique Pérez Herrero, Apr 13 2012
a(n) = A000005(n) + A089233(n). - James Spahlinger, Feb 16 2016
a(n) = n + Sum_{i=1..n} sign(n^2 mod -i). - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Apr 07 2021
a(n) = Sum_{d|n} mu(n/d)*A184389(d). - Ridouane Oudra, Feb 22 2022
EXAMPLE
Examples:
n=1: 1/1 = 1/2 + 1/2.
n=2: 1/2 = 1/4 + 1/4 = 1/3 + 1/6.
n=3: 1/3 = 1/6 + 1/6 = 1/4 + 1/12.
MATHEMATICA
f[j_, n_] := (Times @@ (j(Last /@ FactorInteger[n]) + 1) + j - 1)/j; Table[f[2, n], {n, 96}] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Aug 03 2005 *)
a[n_] := (DivisorSigma[0, n^2] + 1)/2; Table[a[n], {n, 1, 99}](* Jean-François Alcover, Dec 19 2011, after Vladeta Jovovic *)
PROG
(PARI) A018892(n)=(numdiv(n^2)+1)/2 \\ M. F. Hasler, Dec 30 2007
(PARI) A018892s(n)=local(t=divisors(n^2)); vector((#t+1)/2, i, [n+t[i], n+n^2/t[i]]) /* show solutions */ \\ M. F. Hasler, Dec 30 2007
(PARI) a(n)=sumdiv(n, d, sum(i=1, d, lcm(d, i)==n)) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Apr 08 2012
(Haskell)
a018892 n = length [d | d <- [1..n], n^2 `mod` d == 0]
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Jan 08 2012
(Python)
from math import prod
from sympy import factorint
def A018892(n): return prod((a<<1)+1 for a in factorint(n).values())+1>>1 # Chai Wah Wu, Aug 20 2023
CROSSREFS
Records: A126097, A126098.
Cf. A184389.
Sequence in context: A033099 A330833 A337331 * A343654 A100565 A244098
KEYWORD
nonn,easy,nice
AUTHOR
EXTENSIONS
More terms from David W. Wilson, Sep 15 1996
First example corrected by Jason Orendorff (jason.orendorff(AT)gmail.com), Jan 02 2009
Incorrect Mathematica program deleted by N. J. A. Sloane, Jul 08 2009
STATUS
approved

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