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A023135 Number of cycles of function f(x) = 3x mod n. 11
1, 2, 1, 3, 2, 2, 2, 5, 1, 4, 3, 3, 5, 4, 2, 7, 2, 2, 2, 7, 2, 6, 3, 5, 3, 10, 1, 7, 2, 4, 2, 9, 3, 4, 5, 3, 3, 4, 5, 13, 6, 4, 2, 9, 2, 6, 3, 7, 3, 6, 2, 15, 2, 2, 6, 13, 2, 4, 3, 7, 7, 4, 2, 11, 10, 6, 4, 7, 3, 10, 3, 5, 7, 6, 3, 7, 6, 10, 2, 23, 1, 12, 3, 7, 7, 4, 2, 15, 2, 4, 18, 9, 2, 6, 5, 9, 3, 6, 3, 11 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Number of factors in the factorization of the polynomial x^n-1 over GF(3). - T. D. Noe, Apr 16 2003
REFERENCES
R. Lidl and H. Niederreiter, Finite Fields, Addison-Wesley, 1983, p. 65.
LINKS
FORMULA
a(n) = Sum_{d|m} phi(d)/ord(3, d), where m is n with all factors of 3 removed. - T. D. Noe, Apr 19 2003
a(n) = (1/ord(3,m))*Sum_{j = 0..ord(3,m)-1} gcd(3^j - 1, m), where m is n with all factors of 3 removed. - Nihar Prakash Gargava, Nov 14 2018
EXAMPLE
a(15) = 2 because (1) the function 3x mod 15 has the two cycles (0),(3,9,12,6) and (2) the factorization of x^15-1 over integers mod 3 is (2+x)^3 (1+x+x^2+x^3+x^4)^3, which has two unique factors. Note that the length of the cycles is the same as the degree of the factors.
MATHEMATICA
Table[Length[FactorList[x^n - 1, Modulus -> 3]] - 1, {n, 100}]
CountFactors[p_, n_] := Module[{sum=0, m=n, d, f, i}, While[Mod[m, p]==0, m/=p]; d=Divisors[m]; Do[f=d[[i]]; sum+=EulerPhi[f]/MultiplicativeOrder[p, f], {i, Length[d]}]; sum]; Table[CountFactors[3, n], {n, 100}]
PROG
(PARI) a(n)={sumdiv(n/3^valuation(n, 3), d, eulerphi(d)/znorder(Mod(3, d))); }
vector(100, n, a(n)) \\ Joerg Arndt, Jan 22 2024
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A276166 A177062 A133924 * A345058 A191654 A327983
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
STATUS
approved

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