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Lattice point visibility on power functions

Number Theory 2017-12-27 v1

Abstract

It is classically known that the proportion of lattice points visible from the origin via functions of the form f(x)=nxf(x)=nx with nQn\in \mathbb{Q} is 1ζ(2)\frac{1}{\zeta(2)} where ζ(s)\zeta(s) is the classical Reimann zeta function. Goins, Harris, Kubik and Mbirika, generalized this and determined the proportion of lattice points visible from the origin via functions of the form f(x)=nxbf(x)=nx^b with nQn\in \mathbb{Q} and bNb\in\mathbb{N} is 1ζ(b+1)\frac{1}{\zeta(b+1)}. In this article, we complete the analysis of determining the proportion of lattice points that are visible via power functions with rational exponents, and simultaneously generalize these previous results.

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@article{arxiv.1712.09155,
  title  = {Lattice point visibility on power functions},
  author = {Pamela E. Harris and Mohamed Omar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1712.09155},
  year   = {2017}
}

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6 pages, 1 figure

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