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The convolution sum $\sum_{al+bm=n} \sigma(l) \sigma(m)$ for $(a,b)=(1,28), (4,7), (1,14), (2,7), (1,7)$

Number Theory 2016-07-21 v1

Abstract

We evaluate the convolution sum Wa,b(n):=al+bm=nσ(l)σ(m)\displaystyle W_{a,b}(n):= \sum_{al+bm=n} \hspace{-3mm} \sigma(l) \sigma(m) for (a,b)=(1,28),(4,7),(2,7)(a,b)=(1,28), (4,7), (2,7) for all positive integers nn. We use a modular form approach. We also re-evaluate the known sums W1,14(n)W_{1,14}(n) and W1,7(n)W_{1,7}(n) with our method. We then use these evaluations to determine the number of representations of nn by the octonary quadratic form x12+x22+x32+x42+7(x52+x62+x72+x82)x_1^2 + x_2^2 +x_3^2 + x_4^2 + 7(x_5^2 + x_6^2 + x_7^2 + x_8^2). Finally we compare our evaluations of the sums W1,7(n)W_{1,7}(n) and W1,14(n)W_{1,14}(n) with the evaluations of Lemire and Williams [10] and Royer [13] to express the modular forms Δ4,7(z)\Delta_{4,7}(z), Δ4,14,1(z)\Delta_{4,14, 1}(z) and Δ4,14,2(z)\Delta_{4,14, 2}(z) (given in [10, 13]) as linear combinations of eta quotients.

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@article{arxiv.1607.06039,
  title  = {The convolution sum $\sum_{al+bm=n} \sigma(l) \sigma(m)$ for $(a,b)=(1,28), (4,7), (1,14), (2,7), (1,7)$},
  author = {Ayşe Alaca and Şaban Alaca and Ebénézer Ntienjem},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1607.06039},
  year   = {2016}
}

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13 pages