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Differentiability of arithmetic Fourier series arising from Eisenstein series

Number Theory 2016-01-27 v1

Abstract

Let kk be even. We consider two series Fk(x)=n=1σk1(n)nk+1sin(2πnx)F_k(x)= \sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{\sigma_{k-1}(n)}{n^{k+1}} \sin(2\pi n x) and Gk(x)=n=1σk1(n)nk+1cos(2πnx)G_k(x)= \sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{\sigma_{k-1}(n)}{n^{k+1}} \cos(2\pi n x), where σk1\sigma_{k-1} is the divisor function. They converge on R\mathbb{R} to continuous functions. In this paper, we examine the differentiability of FkF_k and GkG_k. These functions are related to Eisenstein series and their (quasi-)modular properties allow us to apply the method proposed by Itatsu in 1981 in the study of the Riemann series. We focus on the case k=2k=2 and we show that the sine series exhibits different behaviour with respect to differentiability than the cosine series. We prove that the differentiability of F2F_2 at an irrational xx is related to the fine diophantine properties of xx. We estimate the modulus of continuity of F2F_2. We formulate a conjecture concerning differentiability of FkF_k and GkG_k for any kk even.

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@article{arxiv.1411.5871,
  title  = {Differentiability of arithmetic Fourier series arising from Eisenstein series},
  author = {Izabela Petrykiewicz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1411.5871},
  year   = {2016}
}

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