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On an optimality property of Ramanujan sums
Author(s):
Gennady
Bachman
Journal:
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc.
125
(1997),
1001-1003.
MSC (1991):
Primary 11L03
MathSciNet review:
1363445
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Abstract:
We evaluate , where the is taken over sequences satisfying . In particular we show that it is attained by taking for all , which reduces the summation over to a Ramanujan sum .
References:
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- G.H. Hardy & E.M. Wright, An introduction to the theory of numbers, fifth edition, Oxford University Press, 1979. MR 81i:10002
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Gennady
Bachman
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-4020
Email:
bachman@nevada.edu
DOI:
10.1090/S0002-9939-97-03650-2
PII:
S 0002-9939(97)03650-2
Received by editor(s):
March 28, 1995
Received by editor(s) in revised form:
October 19, 1995
Communicated by:
William W. Adams
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1997,
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