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On the Fourier transform of the greatest common divisor

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posted on 2022-03-29, 06:14 authored by Pieter Van Der KampPieter Van Der Kamp
The discrete Fourier transform of the greatest common divisor (formula presented) with αm a primitive m-th root of unity, is a multiplicative function that generalizes both the gcd-sum function and Euler's totient function. On the one hand it is the Dirichlet convolution of the identity with Ramanujan's sum, id[a] = id * c•(a), and on the other hand it can be written as a generalized convolution product, id[a] = id *a φ. We show that id[a](m) counts the number of elements in the set of ordered pairs (i, j) such that i · j ≡ a mod m. Furthermore we generalize a dozen known identities for the totient function, to identities which involve the discrete Fourier transform of the greatest common divisor, including its partial sums, and its Lambert series.

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This research has been funded by the Australian Research Council through the Centre of Excellence for Mathematics and Statistics of Complex Systems.

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Publication Date

2013-01-01

Journal

Integers

Volume

2013

Article Number

A24

Pagination

16p.

Publisher

Colgate University, Charles University, and DIMATIA

ISSN

1867-0652

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