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The Moments of the Sum-Of-Digits Function in Number Fields

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Bernhard Gittenberger
Affiliation:
Department of Algebra and Discrete Mathematics Technische Universität Wien Wiedner Hauptstraße 8-10/118 A-1040 Wien Austria
Jörg M. Thuswaldner
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics Montanuniversität Leoben Franz-Josef-Straße 18 A-8700 Leoben Austria
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Abstract

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We consider the asymptotic behavior of the moments of the sum-of-digits function of canonical number systems in number fields. Using Delange’s method we obtain the main term and smaller order terms which contain periodic fluctuations.

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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1999

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