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A000374 Number of cycles (mod n) under doubling map. +0
14
1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 3, 1, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 5, 1, 3, 3, 2, 2, 6, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 4, 3, 2, 5, 7, 1, 5, 3, 6, 3, 2, 2, 5, 2, 3, 6, 4, 2, 8, 3, 3, 2, 5, 3, 8, 2, 2, 4, 5, 3, 5, 2, 2, 5, 2, 7, 13, 1, 7, 5, 2, 3, 6, 6, 3, 3, 9, 2, 8, 2, 6, 5, 3, 2, 5, 3, 2, 6, 12, 4, 5, 2, 9, 8, 10, 3, 14, 3, 5, 2, 3, 5, 8, 3 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

1,3

COMMENT

Number of cycles of the function f(x) = 2x mod n. Number of irreducible factors in the factorization of the polynomial x^n-1 over the integers mod 2. - T. D. Noe (noe(AT)sspectra.com), Apr 16 2003

REFERENCES

R. Lidl and H. Niederreiter, Finite Fields, Addison-Wesley, 1983, p. 65.

LINKS

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=1..10000

FORMULA

a(n) = Sum_{d|m} phi(d)/ord(2, d), where m is n with all factors of 2 removed. - T. D. Noe (noe(AT)sspectra.com), Apr 19 2003

EXAMPLE

a(14) = 3 because (1) the function 2x mod 14 has the three cycles (0),(2,4,8),(6,12,10) and (2) the factorization of x^14-1 over integers mod 2 is (1+x)^2 (1+x+x^3)^2 (1+x^2+x^3)^2, which has three unique factors. Note that the length of the cycles is the same as the degree of the factors.

MATHEMATICA

Table[Length[FactorList[x^n - 1, Modulus -> 2]] - 1, {n, 100}]

CountFactors[p_, n_] := Module[{sum=0, m=n, d, f, i}, While[Mod[m, p]==0, m/=p]; d=Divisors[m]; Do[f=d[[i]]; sum+=EulerPhi[f]/MultiplicativeOrder[p, f], {i, Length[d]}]; sum]; Table[CountFactors[2, n], {n, 100}]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A000005, A023135-A023142.

Cf. A081844 (number of irreducible factors of x^(2n+1) - 1 over GF(2)).

Cf. A037226 (number of primitive irreducible factors of x^(2n+1) - 1 over integers mod 2).

Sequence in context: A054717 A086421 A109400 this_sequence A120562 A033666 A139124

Adjacent sequences: A000371 A000372 A000373 this_sequence A000375 A000376 A000377

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Shel Kaphan (sjk(AT)amazon.com)

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