Möbius function
The classical Möbius function: μ(n) is an important multiplicative function in number theory and combinatorics.
There are several ways to implement a Möbius function.
A fairly straightforward method is to find the prime factors of a positive integer n, then define μ(n) based on the sum of the primitive factors. It has the values {−1, 0, 1} depending on the factorization of n:
- μ(n) = 1 if n is a square-free positive integer with an even number of prime factors.
- μ(n) = −1 if n is a square-free positive integer with an odd number of prime factors.
- μ(n) = 0 if n has a squared prime factor.
- Task
- Write a routine (function, procedure, whatever) μ(n) to find the Möbius number for a positive integer n.
- Use that routine to find and display here, on this page, at least the first 99 terms in a grid layout. (Not just one long line or column of numbers.)
- See also
- Related Tasks
Factor
The mobius word exists in the math.extras vocabulary. See the implementation here.
<lang factor>USING: formatting grouping io math.extras math.ranges sequences ;
"First 199 terms of the Möbius sequence:" print 199 [1,b] [ mobius ] map " " prefix 20 group [ [ "%3s" printf ] each nl ] each</lang>
- Output:
First 199 terms of the Möbius sequence:
1 -1 -1 0 -1 1 -1 0 0 1 -1 0 -1 1 1 0 -1 0 -1
0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 0 0 -1 -1 -1 0 1 1 1 0 -1 1 1
0 -1 -1 -1 0 0 1 -1 0 0 0 1 0 -1 0 1 0 1 1 -1
0 -1 1 0 0 1 -1 -1 0 1 -1 -1 0 -1 1 0 0 1 -1 -1
0 0 1 -1 0 1 1 1 0 -1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 -1 0 0
0 -1 -1 -1 0 -1 1 -1 0 -1 -1 1 0 -1 -1 1 0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -1 -1 0 1 1 0 0 -1 -1 -1
0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 -1 0 -1 0 0 -1 1 0 -1 1 1
0 1 0 -1 0 -1 1 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 -1 0 0 1 1 -1
0 -1 -1 1 0 1 -1 1 0 0 -1 -1 0 -1 1 -1 0 -1 0 -1
Go
<lang go>package main
import "fmt"
func möbius(to int) []int {
if to < 1 {
to = 1
}
mobs := make([]int, to+1) // all zero by default
primes := []int{2}
for i := 1; i <= to; i++ {
j := i
cp := 0 // counts prime factors
spf := false // true if there is a square prime factor
for _, p := range primes {
if p > j {
break
}
if j%p == 0 {
j /= p
cp++
}
if j%p == 0 {
spf = true
break
}
}
if cp == 0 && i > 2 {
cp = 1
primes = append(primes, i)
}
if !spf {
if cp%2 == 0 {
mobs[i] = 1
} else {
mobs[i] = -1
}
}
}
return mobs
}
func main() {
mobs := möbius(199)
fmt.Println("Möbius sequence - First 199 terms:")
for i := 0; i < 200; i++ {
if i == 0 {
fmt.Print(" ")
continue
}
if i%20 == 0 {
fmt.Println()
}
fmt.Printf(" % d", mobs[i])
}
}</lang>
- Output:
Möbius sequence - First 199 terms:
1 -1 -1 0 -1 1 -1 0 0 1 -1 0 -1 1 1 0 -1 0 -1
0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 0 0 -1 -1 -1 0 1 1 1 0 -1 1 1
0 -1 -1 -1 0 0 1 -1 0 0 0 1 0 -1 0 1 0 1 1 -1
0 -1 1 0 0 1 -1 -1 0 1 -1 -1 0 -1 1 0 0 1 -1 -1
0 0 1 -1 0 1 1 1 0 -1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 -1 0 0
0 -1 -1 -1 0 -1 1 -1 0 -1 -1 1 0 -1 -1 1 0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -1 -1 0 1 1 0 0 -1 -1 -1
0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 -1 0 -1 0 0 -1 1 0 -1 1 1
0 1 0 -1 0 -1 1 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 -1 0 0 1 1 -1
0 -1 -1 1 0 1 -1 1 0 0 -1 -1 0 -1 1 -1 0 -1 0 -1
Perl 6
Möbius number is not defined for n == 0. Perl 6 arrays are indexed from 0 so store a blank value at position zero to keep n and μ(n) aligned.
<lang perl6>use Prime::Factor;
sub μ (Int \n) {
my @p = prime-factors(n); +@p == +Bag(@p).keys ?? +@p %% 2 ?? 1 !! -1 !! 0
}
my @möbius = lazy flat ' ', 1, (2..*).map: -> \n { μ(n) };
- The Task
put "Möbius sequence - First 199 terms:\n",
@möbius[^200]».fmt('%3s').rotor(20).join("\n");</lang>
- Output:
Möbius sequence - First 199 terms:
1 -1 -1 0 -1 1 -1 0 0 1 -1 0 -1 1 1 0 -1 0 -1
0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 0 0 -1 -1 -1 0 1 1 1 0 -1 1 1
0 -1 -1 -1 0 0 1 -1 0 0 0 1 0 -1 0 1 0 1 1 -1
0 -1 1 0 0 1 -1 -1 0 1 -1 -1 0 -1 1 0 0 1 -1 -1
0 0 1 -1 0 1 1 1 0 -1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 -1 0 0
0 -1 -1 -1 0 -1 1 -1 0 -1 -1 1 0 -1 -1 1 0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -1 -1 0 1 1 0 0 -1 -1 -1
0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 -1 0 -1 0 0 -1 1 0 -1 1 1
0 1 0 -1 0 -1 1 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 -1 0 0 1 1 -1
0 -1 -1 1 0 1 -1 1 0 0 -1 -1 0 -1 1 -1 0 -1 0 -1