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The Average Number of Divisors in an Arithmetic Progression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

R. A. Smith
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto, Toronto M5S 1A1, Canada
M. V. Subbarao
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Alberta, Edmonton T6G 2G1, Canada
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Let l and k be positive integers. Then for each integer n ≥ 1, define d(n; l, k) to be the number of (positive) divisors of n which lie in the arithmetic progression I mod k. Note that d(n;1,1) = d(n), the ordinary divisor function.

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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1981

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