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On a generalization of Menon-Sury identity to number fields involving a Dirichlet Character

Number Theory 2020-12-07 v2

Abstract

For every positive integer nn, Sita Ramaiah's identity states that \medskip \begin{equation*} \sum_{a_1, a_2, a_1+a_2 \in (\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z})^*} \gcd(a_1+a_2-1,n) = \phi_2(n)\sigma_0(n) \; \text{ where } \; \phi_2(n)= \sum_{a_1, a_2, a_1+a_2 \in (\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z})^*} 1, \end{equation*} \medskip where (Z/nZ)(\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z})^* is the multiplicative group of units of the ring Z/nZ\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z} and σs(n)=dnds\sigma_s(n) = \displaystyle\sum_{d\mid n}d^s. \smallskip This identity can also be viewed as a generalization of Menon's identity. In this article, we generalize this identity to an algebraic number field KK involving a Dirichlet character χ\chi. Our result is a further generalization of a recent result in \cite{wj} and \cite{sury}.

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@article{arxiv.2011.10980,
  title  = {On a generalization of Menon-Sury identity to number fields involving a Dirichlet Character},
  author = {Jaitra Chattopadhyay and Subha Sarkar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.10980},
  year   = {2020}
}

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