OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Multiplicative because this sequence is the Dirichlet convolution of A000583 and A062157 which are both multiplicative. - Andrew Howroyd, Jul 20 2018
LINKS
Seiichi Manyama, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
J. W. L. Glaisher, On the representations of a number as the sum of two, four, six, eight, ten, and twelve squares, Quart. J. Math. 38 (1907), 1-62 (see p. 4 and p. 8).
FORMULA
G.f.: Sum_{k>=1} k^4*x^k/(1 + x^k). - Ilya Gutkovskiy, Apr 07 2017
From Amiram Eldar, Nov 11 2022: (Start)
Multiplicative with a(2^e) = (7*2^(4*e+1)+1)/15, and a(p^e) = (p^(4*e+4) - 1)/(p^4 - 1) if p > 2.
Sum_{k=1..n} a(k) ~ c * n^5, where c = 3*zeta(5)/16 = 0.194423... . (End)
MATHEMATICA
Table[Sum[(-1)^(n/d + 1)*d^4, {d, Divisors[n]}], {n, 50}] (* Indranil Ghosh, Apr 05 2017 *)
f[p_, e_] := (p^(4*e + 4) - 1)/(p^4 - 1); f[2, e_] := (7*2^(4*e + 1) + 1)/15; a[1] = 1; a[n_] := Times @@ f @@@ FactorInteger[n]; Array[a, 50] (* Amiram Eldar, Nov 11 2022 *)
PROG
(PARI) a(n) = sumdiv(n, d, (-1)^(n/d + 1)*d^4); \\ Indranil Ghosh, Apr 05 2017
(Python)
from sympy import divisors
print([sum([(-1)**(n//d + 1)*d**4 for d in divisors(n)]) for n in range(1, 51)]) # Indranil Ghosh, Apr 05 2017
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,mult
AUTHOR
Seiichi Manyama, Apr 05 2017
STATUS
approved