Complex divisor functions

Abstract: For any complex number

c

, let

s i g m a_{c} c o l o n m a t h b b N i g h t a r r o w m a t h b b C

denote the divisor function defined by

s i g m a_{c} (n) = d i s p l a y s t y l e s u m_{d | n} d^{c}

for all

n i n m a t h b b N

, and define

R (c) = s i g m a_{c} (n) i n m a t h b b C c o l o n n i n m a t h b b N

to be the range of

s i g m a_{c}

. We study the basic topological properties of the sets

R (c)

. In particular, we determine the complex numbers

c

for which

R (c)

is bounded and determine the isolated points of the sets

R (c)

. In the third section, we find those values of

c

for which

R (c)

is dense in

m a t h b b C

. We also prove some results and pose several open problems about the closures of the sets

R (c)

when these sets are bounded.

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