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A reciprocity theorem for the Cohen-Ramanujan sums and its application to Cohen-Ramanujan expansions in the second variable

Number Theory 2023-12-12 v1

Abstract

For an arithmetical function ff, its Ramanujan expansion is a series expansion in the form f(n)=k=1a(k)ck(n)f(n)=\sum\limits_{k=1}^{\infty}a(k) c_k(n) where a(k)a(k) are complex numbers and ck(n):=m=1(m,k)=1ke2πimnkc_k(n):= \sum\limits_{\substack{m=1\\(m, k)=1}}^{k}e^{\frac{2\pi imn}{k}} is the Ramanujan sum. Here we prove a reciprocity result on Cohen-Ramanujan sums cks(n):=h=1(h,ks)s=1kse2πinhksc_k^s(n) :=\sum\limits_{\substack{{h=1}\\(h,k^s)_s=1}}^{k^s}e^{\frac{2\pi i n h}{k^s}} to change the position of kk and nn in a twisted function and use it to prove that for certain arithmetical functions ff, Cohen-Ramanujan series expansions in the form k=1a(k)ck(s)(n)\sum\limits_{k=1}^{\infty}a(k) c_k^{(s)}(n) exist if and only if expansions in the form k=1b(k/n)cn(s)(k)\sum\limits_{k=1}^{\infty}b(k/n) c_n^{(s)}(k) exist.

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@article{arxiv.2312.05938,
  title  = {A reciprocity theorem for the Cohen-Ramanujan sums and its application to Cohen-Ramanujan expansions in the second variable},
  author = {K Vishnu Namboothiri and Vinod Sivadasan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.05938},
  year   = {2023}
}