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Equivalent descriptions of the centrality of n: 1) Probability that a randomly chosen product in the multiplication table for positive integers (A003991; see also A061017) is a multiple of n.

2) Probability taken over all exponential numerical bases that if the last digit of a number represents n, the number is a multiple of n. (For example, in base 10, the probability of a number that ends in 5 being a multiple of 5 is 1. Over all possible bases, the fraction of numbers ending in 5 that are multiples of 5 is the centrality of 5, 9/25 or .36.)

An infinite number of integers have the same centrality as at least one other integer. The only such examples in the first 114 terms of the sequence are 64 and 120, which share a centrality of .0625; they are listed in numerical order.

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=1..1000

Formula for centrality of n: A018804(n)/n^2, where A018804(n) is the sum of gcd (k, n) for 1 <= k <= n.

The centrality of a(n) is given by A080999(n)/(a(n))^2.

The number 6 has a gcd of 1 with all numbers congruent to 1 or 5 modulo 6, 2 with all numbers congruent to 2 or 4 mod 6, 3 with all 3 mod 6 numbers and 6 with all numbers congruent to 0 mod 6. Its average gcd with other integers is 2.5 (A018804(6)/6), which represents 5/12 or .41666... of 6. This places 6 fifth in centrality among the integers, behind 1 (whose centrality is 1), 2 (.75), 3 (5/9 or .555...) and 4 (.5); it is therefore listed fifth in the sequence.

Cf. A018804, A080999 for a formula for the numerator of the unreduced centrality fraction. Other related sequences are A080998, A081000, A081001, A081028, A081029.

Adjacent sequences: A080994 A080995 A080996 this_sequence A080998 A080999 A081000

Sequence in context: A080738 A032447 A058213 this_sequence A151942 A054582 A099884

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Matthew Vandermast (ghodges14(AT)comcast.net), Feb 28 2003