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On the periodicity of some Farhi arithmetical functions

Number Theory 2009-05-03 v3 Commutative Algebra

Abstract

Let kNk\in\mathbb{N}. Let f(x)Z[x]f(x)\in \Bbb{Z}[x] be any polynomial such that f(x)f(x) and f(x+1)f(x+2)...f(x+k)f(x+1)f(x+2)... f(x+k) are coprime in Q[x]\mathbb{Q}[x]. We call gk,f(n):=f(n)f(n+1)...f(n+k)lcm(f(n),f(n+1),...,f(n+k))g_{k,f}(n):=\frac{|f(n)f(n+1)... f(n+k)|}{\text{lcm}(f(n),f(n+1),...,f(n+k))} a Farhi arithmetic function. In this paper, we prove that gk,fg_{k,f} is periodic. This generalizes the previous results of Farhi and Kane, and Hong and Yang.

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@article{arxiv.0903.1162,
  title  = {On the periodicity of some Farhi arithmetical functions},
  author = {Qing-Zhong Ji and Chun-Gang Ji},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0903.1162},
  year   = {2009}
}

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