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On Ramanujan's Arithmetical Function Σr, s(n)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

J. R. Wilton
J. R. Wilton
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Trinity College
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Let σs(n) denote the sum of the sth powers of the divisors of n,

and let , where ζ(s) is the Riemann ζfunction. Ramanujan, in his paper “On certain arithmetical functions*”, proves that, if

and

then , whenever r and s are odd positive integers. He conjectures that the error term on the right of (1·1) is of the form

for every ε > 0, and that it is not of the form . He further conjectures that

for all positive values of r and s; and this conjecture has recently been proved to be correct.

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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 25 , Issue 3 , July 1929 , pp. 255 - 264
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1929

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References

* Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. 22 (1916), 159–184;Google ScholarCollected Papers, No. 18. It is to be observed, in (1·1), that ζ(1-r)=0 if r≠=1, ζ(0)=−½.

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* The error term is then actually zero—as also when r + s is equal to 4, 6, 8 or 12.

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‡ Compare Hardy, and Ramanujan, , “Asymptotic formulae in combinatory analysis”, Proc. London Math. Soc. (2) 17 (1918), 75–115, Lemma 4·31;CrossRefGoogle Scholar Ramanujan's Collected Papers, No. 36.

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* When h = k, the term v = k; is merely a repetition of that for which v = k − 1.Google Scholar

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‡ T(n)= Er, s(n)/Er, s(1) if r + s = 14.—Ramanujan, loc. cit., equation (95).

* For a remarkable deduction from, this congruence—a deduction stated and partly proved by Ramanujan—see Miss Stanley, G. K., “Two assertions made by Ramanujan”, Journal London Math. Soc. 3 (1928), 232–237, where, on p. 235, 1. 8 from the end, “number of” should read “sum of the”.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

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§ Mordell, , loc. cit. 119, equation (4), in which κ = 16, ξ = 1.Google Scholar