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A078458
Total number of factors in a factorization of n into Gaussian primes.
18
0, 2, 1, 4, 2, 3, 1, 6, 2, 4, 1, 5, 2, 3, 3, 8, 2, 4, 1, 6, 2, 3, 1, 7, 4, 4, 3, 5, 2, 5, 1, 10, 2, 4, 3, 6, 2, 3, 3, 8, 2, 4, 1, 5, 4, 3, 1, 9, 2, 6, 3, 6, 2, 5, 3, 7, 2, 4, 1, 7, 2, 3, 3, 12, 4, 4, 1, 6, 2, 5, 1, 8, 2, 4, 5, 5, 2, 5, 1, 10, 4, 4, 1, 6, 4, 3, 3, 7, 2, 6, 3, 5, 2, 3, 3, 11, 2, 4, 3, 8, 2, 5, 1, 8
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
a(n)+1 is also the total number of factors in a factorization of n+n*i into Gaussian primes. - Jason Kimberley, Dec 17 2011
Record high values are at a(2^k) = 2*k for k = 0, 1, 2, ... . - Bill McEachen, Oct 11 2022
FORMULA
Fully additive with a(p)=2 if p=2 or p mod 4=1 and a(p)=1 if p mod 4=3. - Vladeta Jovovic, Jan 20 2003
a(n) depends on the number of primes of the forms 4k+1 (A083025) and 4k-1 (A065339) and on the highest power of 2 dividing n (A007814): a(n) = 2*A007814(n) + 2*A083025(n) + A065339(n). - T. D. Noe, Jul 14 2003
EXAMPLE
2 = (1+i)*(1-i), so a(2) = 2; 9 = 3*3, so a(9) = 2.
a(1006655265000) = a(2^3*3^2*5^4*7^5*11^3) = 3*a(2)+2*a(3)+4*a(5)+5*a(7)+3*a(11) = 3*2+2*1+4*2+5*1+3*1 = 24. - Vladeta Jovovic, Jan 20 2003
MATHEMATICA
Join[{0}, Table[f = FactorInteger[n, GaussianIntegers -> True]; cnt = Total[Transpose[f][[2]]]; If[MemberQ[{-1, I, -I}, f[[1, 1]]], cnt--]; cnt, {n, 2, 100}]] (* T. D. Noe, Mar 31 2014 *)
a[n_]:=PrimeOmega[n, GaussianIntegers -> True]; Array[a, 104] (* Stefano Spezia, Sep 29 2024 *)
PROG
(PARI) a(n)=my(f=factor(n)); sum(i=1, #f~, if(f[i, 1]%4==3, 1, 2)*f[i, 2]) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Mar 31 2014
CROSSREFS
Cf. A239626, A239627 (including units).
Equivalent of arithmetic functions in the ring of Gaussian integers (the corresponding functions in the ring of integers are in the parentheses): A062327 ("d", A000005), A317797 ("sigma", A000203), A079458 ("phi", A000010), A227334 ("psi", A002322), A086275 ("omega", A001221), this sequence ("Omega", A001222), A318608 ("mu", A008683).
Equivalent in the ring of Eisenstein integers: A319444.
Sequence in context: A339046 A265911 A363893 * A033317 A183200 A326732
KEYWORD
nonn,easy,changed
AUTHOR
N. J. A. Sloane, Jan 11 2003
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Vladeta Jovovic, Jan 12 2003
STATUS
approved