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The largest values of Dedekind sums

Number Theory 2017-01-11 v2

Abstract

Let s(m,n)s(m,n) denote the classical \DED sum, where nn is a positive integer and m{0,1,,n1}m\in\{0,1,\ldots, n-1\}, (m,n)=1(m,n)=1. For a given positive integer kk, we describe a set of at most k2k^2 numbers mm for which s(m,n)s(m,n) may be s(k,n)\ge s(k,n), provided that nn is sufficiently large. For the numbers mm not in this set, s(m,n)<s(k,n)s(m,n)<s(k,n).

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@article{arxiv.1607.07682,
  title  = {The largest values of Dedekind sums},
  author = {Kurt Girstmair},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1607.07682},
  year   = {2017}
}
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