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Dirichlet series associated to sum-of-digits functions

Number Theory 2018-07-23 v1

Abstract

We study the Dirichlet series Fb(s)=n=1db(n)nsF_b(s)=\sum_{n=1}^\infty d_b(n)n^{-s}, where db(n)d_b(n) is the sum of the base-bb digits of the integer nn, and Gb(s)=n=1Sb(n)nsG_b(s)=\sum_{n=1}^\infty S_b(n)n^{-s}, where Sb(n)=m=1n1db(m)S_b(n)=\sum_{m=1}^{n-1}d_b(m) is the summatory function of db(n)d_b(n). We show that Fb(s)F_b(s) and Gb(s)G_b(s) have continuations to the plane C\mathbb{C} as meromorphic functions of order at least 2, determine the locations of all poles, and give explicit formulas for the residues at the poles. We give a continuous interpolation of the sum-of-digits functions dbd_b and SbS_b to non-integer bases using a formula of Delange, and show that the associated Dirichlet series have a meromorphic continuation at least one unit left of their abscissa of absolute convergence.

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@article{arxiv.1807.07890,
  title  = {Dirichlet series associated to sum-of-digits functions},
  author = {Corey Everlove},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1807.07890},
  year   = {2018}
}