Voronoi summation formulae and multiplicative functions on permutations (Q539128)

Consider sequences of complex numbers \(\{ a(n)\} \) and positive numbers \(\{p(n)\}\). The series \(\{\sum_0^na(i)\}\) is summable to \(A\) in the sense of Voronoi if we have \(r(n)/p(n)\rightarrow A\), where \(r(n)=a*p(n)=\sum_{k=0}^na(k)p(n-k)\). Let the generating functions of \(\{a(n)\}\), \(\{p(n)\} \) be given by \(g\) and \(p\) respectively. The generating function of \(\{r(n)\}\) is given by \(r(x)=g(x)p(x)\), and the following Abelian theorem holds. If \(r(n)/p(n)\rightarrow A\) as \( n\rightarrow \infty \), and if \(p(1)=\infty \), then \(g(x)\rightarrow A\) as \( x\rightarrow 1\). In the present paper, the author proves a corresponding Tauberian theorem. Moreover, in the main result of the paper, he estimates the difference \( r(n)/p(n)-g(\exp (-1/n))\) even for the case that \(g(x)\) does not converge to a finite limit. He proves this result in the case that \(g\) is analytic in \(|x|<1\) and \(np(n)=p*d(n)\) for a sequence \(\{d(n\}\) with \(0<m\leq d(n)\leq M<\infty \). These results on the Voronoi summability are then applied to analyze the mean values of multiplicative functions on random permutations.