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A230291
a(n) = Sum_{i=1..n} d(24*i+17) - Sum_{i=1..n} d(6*i+5), where d(n) = A000005(n).
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0, 2, 2, 2, 0, 2, 4, 6, 6, 4, 4, 4, 6, 6, 6, 6, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 12, 10, 10, 8, 6, 12, 14, 16, 16, 16, 18, 16, 18, 16, 14, 16, 16, 16, 12, 18, 22, 22, 24, 20, 22, 22, 24, 22, 20, 22, 28, 26, 26, 26, 24, 26, 26, 26, 26, 24, 28, 30, 30, 30, 30, 34, 34, 36, 32, 32, 32, 34, 36, 32, 34, 36, 34, 34, 34, 36, 36, 40, 42
OFFSET
1,2
LINKS
Jorge Luis Cimadevilla Villacorta, Certain inequalities associated with the divisor function, Amer. Math. Monthly, 120 (2013), 832-837. (Shows that a(n) >= 0.)
FORMULA
a(n) = (2*log(2)/3) * n + O(n^(1/3)*log(n)). - Amiram Eldar, Apr 12 2024
MAPLE
See A230290.
MATHEMATICA
Accumulate[Table[DivisorSigma[0, 24*n + 17] - DivisorSigma[0, 6*n + 5], {n, 1, 100}]] (* Amiram Eldar, Apr 12 2024 *)
PROG
(PARI) vector(100, n, sum(i=1, n, numdiv(24*i+17)) - sum(i=1, n, numdiv(6*i+5))) \\ Michel Marcus, Oct 09 2014
(Magma) [&+[#Divisors(24*i+17):i in [1..n]]- &+[#Divisors(6*i+5):i in [1..n]]:n in [1..90]]; // Marius A. Burtea, Jan 03 2020
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
N. J. A. Sloane, Oct 17 2013
STATUS
approved