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On the random variable $\N \ni l \mapsto \gcd(l,n_1) \gcd(l, n_2) ... \gcd(l, n_k) \in \N$

Number Theory 2009-10-20 v2

Abstract

We compute the "moments" and its continuous analogue of the random variable Nlgcd(l,n1)gcd(l,n2)...gcd(l,nk)N\N \ni l \mapsto \gcd(l,n_1) \gcd(l, n_2) ... \gcd(l, n_k) \in \N by a purely elementary method. This generalizes a result of Deitmar-Koyama-Kurokawa, which computed its "average" using some analysis involving L-function. We show this average is nothing but the invariant μ(A):=aA1a\mu(A) := \sum_{a\in A} \frac{1}{| a |} for a finite abelian group A = \prod_{j=1)^k Z/n_j. In ArXiv-0910.3879v1, this invariant plays an important role in the Soul\'e type zeta functions for Noetherian F1F_1-schemes in the sense of Connes-Consani.

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@article{arxiv.0907.0918,
  title  = {On the random variable $\N \ni l \mapsto \gcd(l,n_1) \gcd(l, n_2) ... \gcd(l, n_k) \in \N$},
  author = {Norihiko Minami},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0907.0918},
  year   = {2009}
}

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