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Convergence of Ramanujan expansions, I [Multiplicativity on Ramanujan clouds]

Number Theory 2020-09-30 v1

Abstract

We call RG(a):=q=1G(q)cq(a)R_G(a):=\sum_{q=1}^{\infty}G(q)c_q(a) the 'Ramanujan series', of coefficient G:G:N\toC, where cq(a)c_q(a) is the well-known Ramanujan sum. We study the convergence of this series (a preliminary step, to study Ramanujan expansions and define GG a 'Ramanujan coefficient' when RG(a)R_G(a) converges pointwise, in all natural aa. Then, RG:R_G:N\toC is well defined ('w-d'). The 'Ramanujan cloud' of a fixed F:F:N\toC is <F>:=<F>:={G:NCRG  wd,F=RGG:N\to C|R_G \; w-d, F=R_G}. (See the Appendix.) We study in detail the multiplicative Ramanujan coefficients GG : their <F><F> subset is called the 'multiplicative Ramanujan cloud', <F>M<F>_M. Our first main result, the "Finiteness convergence Theorem", for GG multiplicative, among other properties equivalent to "RGR_G well defined", reduces the convergence test to a finite set, i.e., RGR_G w-d is equivalent to: RG(a)R_G(a) converges for all aa dividing N(G)N(G)\inN, that we call the "Ramanujan conductor". Our second main result, the "Finite Euler product explicit formula", for multiplicative Ramanujan coefficients GG, writes F=RGF=R_G as a finite Euler product; thus, FF is a semi-multiplicative function (following Rearick definition) and this product is the Selberg factorization for FF. In particular, we have: F(a)=RG(a)F(a)=R_G(a) converges absolutely, being finite (of length depending on non-zero pp-adic valuations of aa). Our third main result, called the "Multiplicative Ramanujan clouds", studies the important subsets of <F>M<F>_M; also giving, for all multiplicative FF, the 'canonical Ramanujan coefficient' GF<F>MG_F\in <F>_M, proving: Any multiplicative FF has a finite Ramanujan expansion with multiplicative coefficients.

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@article{arxiv.2009.14121,
  title  = {Convergence of Ramanujan expansions, I [Multiplicativity on Ramanujan clouds]},
  author = {Giovanni Coppola and Luca Ghidelli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.14121},
  year   = {2020}
}

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