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Some arithmetical identities for Ramanujan's and divisor functions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

D.B. Lahiri
D.B. Lahiri
Affiliation:
Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India.
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A new linear expression in σ(ν), ν = l, 2, …, n, which vanishes identically is established. A linear expression in σ(ν)'s has been found for σ3(n). A similar expression in σ3(ν)'s has been proved for σ7(n) also, Ramanujan's τ(n) = P24(n-1) is given in three different ways as linear expressions in σ2k+1(n) and σK(ν)'s with k = 1, 3, 5 respectively. Again, the coefficient p48(n-2) is expressed as a linear expression in σ11(v)'S and σ5(ν)'s. In establishing these results advantage is taken of the general theorem, also established, that the coefficients of the square of a power series whose coefficients satisfy a certain functional equation are expressible as linear functions of the latter coefficients.

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Research Article
Information
Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 1 , Issue 3 , December 1969 , pp. 307 - 314
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1969

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