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slug: oeis-a292394-diagonal-index-divisibility bibkey: hanna2017a292394 doi: null url: https://oeis.org/A292394 triage: theorem motivation_gids:

  • D5/S1/Recurrence/Residue/DiagonalVanishingIndexDivisibility

A292394: square-index divisibility

Problem

Quoted directly from the seat-local file oeis-A292394.src (seats/opB-diagidx2/oeis-A292394.src in the supplied workspace):

NAME: G.f. A(x) satisfies: [x^n] A( x/A(x)^(n^2) ) = 0 for n>1. COMMENT: a(n) is divisible by n^2 for n>=1 (conjecture): A292395(n) = a(n)/n^2. AUTHOR: Paul D. Hanna, Sep 15 2017

The target is the quoted divisibility conjecture for this entry. The formal object has a(0)=a(1)=1 and exponent e(n)=n^2. The formal vanishing condition is imposed for n>1, as in the quoted NAME.

Motivation

This is a first-tier OEIS conjecture attributed to Paul D. Hanna in 2017. The target is the unbounded assertion n^2 divides this entry’s a(n) for every n>=1. This dossier and its claim account for this entry alone.

Gap

The supplied source labels the target a conjecture. This offline follow-up checks the entry-specific source and its connection to the delivered theorem; it performs no new external literature or revision-history search. Whether an earlier proof exists outside the supplied material remains unverified.

Route

The module constructs a normalized integer power series by a triangular coefficient update. Agreement of inverses preserves agreement of coefficients, and each update improves agreement by one degree. Stabilization produces the series; generating_equation and generating_unique establish its normalized vanishing equation and uniqueness.

The coefficient engine power_coefficient_identity comes from differentiating integer powers of a unit, including negative powers. In the triangular sum, put alpha=v_p(n). If v_p(m)<alpha, then v_p(n-m)=v_p(m), so the engine supplies the required prime-power factor in the inverse-power coefficient. If v_p(m)>=alpha, strong induction supplies it in a(e,m). Combining prime multiplicities, summing and negating proves index_power_divisibility. Its hypothesis n^k | e(n) for every natural n is sufficient; no claim is made that it is the weakest sufficient hypothesis.

For this entry specialize e(n)=n^2 and k=2.

This instance uses the general theorem within the same module; it needs no identification with a coefficient object from the frozen sibling module.

Falsifier

A natural index n>=1 at which n^2 fails to divide this entry’s normalized coefficient would falsify the claimed conclusion. The formal coefficient is a (fun m => m ^ 2) n. Finite agreement with DATA and finite divisibility checks cannot exclude an arbitrary later counterexample.

Evidence

  • Lean module: D5/S1/Recurrence/Residue/DiagonalVanishingIndexDivisibility.lean.
  • Entry-specific theorem and Scribe claim: hanna_conjecture_a292394.
  • Exact conclusion for n : ℕ, hn : 1 ≤ n: (n : ℤ) ^ 2 ∣ a (fun m => m ^ 2) n.
  • General input: index_power_divisibility; coefficient engine: power_coefficient_identity; construction: generating_equation and generating_unique.

The orchestrator reports from results/verify-r28.py / results/verify-r28.out that this entry’s published DATA is reproduced exactly (12 terms), with zero violations of its divisibility conjecture for 1 <= n < 16. These are attributed finite supporting readings, not a proof or a fresh run by this seat.

Triage

theorem. The claim for this slug is attached only to hanna_conjecture_a292394 and settles this entry’s n^2 divisibility conjecture for every n>=1.

ASSUMED-UNVERIFIED

The quotations and author date were read directly from this entry’s own local .src file; the file’s fidelity to the live OEIS page and revision history was not independently checked because this seat has no network. External OEIS-to-Lean identification and publication priority are not kernel-checked facts. No exhaustive literature search is claimed. The numerical readings above are supplied by the orchestrator and were not independently recomputed by this follow-up seat; they are support, not proof.