OFFSET
1,2
LINKS
Aloe Poliszuk, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000 (First 2000 terms from Harry J. Smith)
FORMULA
a(n) = Sum_{d|n} d * mu(n).
Multiplicative with a(p^e) = -p-1, if e = 1, 0 otherwise. - Mitch Harris, Jun 27 2005, sign flipped by R. J. Mathar, May 29 2011
Dirichlet g.f.: Sum_{n>0} a(n)/n^s = Product_{p prime} 1-p^(-s)-p^(1-s). - Ralf Stephan, Jul 07 2013
a(n) = A048250(n) * mu(n) = sigma(rad(n)) * mu(n), where rad = A007947. - Aloe Poliszuk, Nov 04 2025
EXAMPLE
n=6: divisors of 6 are = [1, 2, 3, 6] and 1 * mu(6) + 2 * mu(6) + 3 * mu(6) + 6 * mu(6) = 12.
MATHEMATICA
a[n_] := DivisorSigma[1, n] MoebiusMu[n]; Array[a, 90] (* Jean-François Alcover, Dec 05 2015 *)
PROG
(PARI) a(n) = sumdiv(n, d, d*moebius(n));
(PARI) a(n) = direuler(p=2, n, 1-X-p*X)[n]; \\ Harry J. Smith, Aug 21 2009
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
easy,sign,mult
AUTHOR
Jason Earls, Jul 23 2001
STATUS
approved