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Divisors on overlapped intervals and multiplicative functions

Number Theory 2023-05-03 v2

Abstract

Consider the real numbers n,k=ln(32k+(32k)2+3n) \ell_{n,k} = \ln\left( \tfrac{3}{2}\,k+\sqrt{\left(\tfrac{3}{2}\,k \right)^2 + 3\,n} \right) and the intervals Ln,k=]n,kln3,n,k]\mathcal{L}_{n,k} = \left]\ell_{n,k}-\ln 3,\ell_{n,k}\right]. For all n1n \geq 1, define Ln(q)qn1=dnkZ1Ln,k(lnd)qk, \frac{L_n(q)}{q^{n-1}} = \sum_{d|n}\sum_{k\in \mathbb{Z}} \boldsymbol{1}_{\mathcal{L}_{n,k}}\left(\ln d\right) \,q^k, where 1A(x)\boldsymbol{1}_{A}(x) is the characteristic function of the set AA. Let σ(n)\sigma(n) be sum of divisors of nn. We will prove that A002324(n)=4σ(n)3Ln(1)\textbf{A002324}(n) = 4\,\sigma(n) - 3\,L_n(1) and A096936(n)=Ln(1)\textbf{A096936}(n) = L_n(-1), which are well-known multiplicative functions related to the number of representations of nn by a given quadratic form.

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@article{arxiv.1709.09621,
  title  = {Divisors on overlapped intervals and multiplicative functions},
  author = {José Manuel Rodríguez Caballero},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1709.09621},
  year   = {2023}
}

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