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A "Proto-Pellet's Formula" for the M\"obius Function

Number Theory 2020-01-21 v1

Abstract

We give a short proof of "Pellet's Formula" for the M\"{o}bius Function on Fq[T]\mathbb{F}_q[T], deriving an intermediate formula (which we call "Proto-Pellet's Formula") along the way. We then construct and prove an analogous "Proto-Pellet's Formula" for the M\"{o}bius Function for a number field (including the usual M\"{o}bius function on the integers).

Cite

@article{arxiv.2001.05641,
  title  = {A "Proto-Pellet's Formula" for the M\"obius Function},
  author = {Ardavan Afshar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.05641},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

4 pages. Comments very welcome

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