OFFSET
1,3
COMMENTS
In other words, a(1) = 1 and for n >= 2, a(n) = product of the phi(n) numbers < n and relatively prime to n.
From Gauss's generalization of Wilson's theorem (see Weisstein link) it follows that, for n>1, a(n) == -1 (mod n) if and only if there exists a primitive root modulo n (cf. the Hardy and Wright reference, Theorem 129. p. 102). - Vladimir Shevelev, May 11 2012
Islam & Manzoor prove that a(n) is an injection for n > 1, see links. In other words, if a(m) = a(n), and min(m, n) > 1, then m = n. - Muhammed Hedayet, May 25 2016
Cosgrave & Dilcher propose the name Gauss factorial. Indeed the sequence is the special case N = n of the Gauss factorial N_n! = Product_{1<=j<=N, gcd(j, n)=1} j (see A216919). - Peter Luschny, Feb 07 2018
REFERENCES
G. H. Hardy and E. M. Wright, An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers, Fifth ed., Clarendon Press, Oxford, 2003, Theorem 129, p. 102.
N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
LINKS
T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..200
J. B. Cosgrave and K. Dilcher, Extensions of the Gauss-Wilson Theorem, Integers: Electronic Journal of Combinatorial Number Theory, 8 (2008)
J. B. Cosgrave and K. Dilcher, The multiplicative orders of certain Gauss factorials, Intl. J. Number Theory 7 (1) (2011) 145-171.
S. W. Golomb and William Small, Problem E1045, Amer. Math. Monthly, 60 (1953), 422.
Muhammed H. Islam and Shahriar Manzoor, φ1 and phitorial are injections, for any positive integer N, where N > 1
Laszlo Toth, Weighted gcd-sum functions, J. Integer Sequences, 14 (2011), Article 11.7.7
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Wilson's Theorem
FORMULA
a(n) = n^phi(n)*Product_{d|n} (d!/d^d)^mu(n/d); phi=A000010 is the Euler totient function and mu=A008683 the Moebius function (Tom M. Apostol, Introduction to Analytic Number Theory, New York 1984, p. 48). - Franz Vrabec, Jul 08 2005
a(n) = n!/A066570(n). - R. J. Mathar, Mar 10 2011
a(n) == (-1)^A211487(n) (mod n). - Vladimir Shevelev, May 13 2012
MAPLE
A001783 := proc(n) local i, t1; t1 := 1; for i from 1 to n do if gcd(i, n)=1 then t1 := t1*i; fi; od; t1; end;
A001783 := proc(n) local i; mul(i, i=select(k->igcd(n, k)=1, [$1..n])) end; # Peter Luschny, Oct 30 2010
MATHEMATICA
A001783[n_]:=Times@@Select[Range[n], CoprimeQ[n, #]&];
Array[A001783, 20] (* Enrique Pérez Herrero, Jul 23 2011 *)
PROG
(PARI) A001783(n)=prod(k=2, n-1, k^(gcd(k, n)==1)) \\ M. F. Hasler, Jul 23 2011
(PARI) a(n)=my(f=factor(n), t=n^eulerphi(f)); fordiv(f, d, t*=(d!/d^d)^moebius(n/d)); t \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Nov 05 2015
(Haskell)
a001783 = product . a038566_row
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Mar 04 2012, Aug 26 2011
(Sage)
def Gauss_factorial(N, n): return mul(j for j in (1..N) if gcd(j, n) == 1)
def A001783(n): return Gauss_factorial(n, n)
[A001783(n) for n in (1..25)] # Peter Luschny, Oct 01 2012
KEYWORD
nonn,nice,easy
AUTHOR
EXTENSIONS
More terms from James A. Sellers, Dec 23 1999
STATUS
approved