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Connected Components of Complex Divisor Functions

Number Theory 2018-05-07 v3

Abstract

For any complex number cc, define the divisor function σc ⁣:NC\sigma_c\colon\mathbb N\to\mathbb C by σc(n)=dndc\displaystyle\sigma_c(n)=\sum_{d\mid n}d^c. Let σc(N)\overline{\sigma_c(\mathbb N)} denote the topological closure of the range of σc\sigma_c. Extending previous work of the current author and Sanna, we prove that σc(N)\overline{\sigma_c(\mathbb N)} has nonempty interior and has finitely many connected components if (c)0\Re(c)\leq 0 and c0c\neq 0. We end with some open problems.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1711.04244,
  title  = {Connected Components of Complex Divisor Functions},
  author = {Colin Defant},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.04244},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

14 pages, 3 figures

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