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Sur une \'equation fonctionnelle approch\'ee due \`a J. R. Wilton

Number Theory 2015-08-13 v1

Abstract

We give a new proof of an approximate functional equation, due to J. R. Wilton, for a trigonometric sum involving the divisor function. This allows us to improve on Wilton's error term and to give an explicit formula for an unspecified function involved in the functional equation.

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@article{arxiv.1508.02991,
  title  = {Sur une \'equation fonctionnelle approch\'ee due \`a J. R. Wilton},
  author = {Michel Balazard and Bruno Martin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.02991},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

in French. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1305.4395