Short proof and generalization of a menon-type identity by Li, Hu and Kim (Q2422621)

The author presents a simple proof and a generalization of the identity given in [\textit{Y. Li}, \textit{X. Hu} and \textit{D. Kim}, Taiwanese J. Math. 23, No. 3, 545--555 (2019; Zbl 1418.11011)]. The generalization gives an explicit formula for the sum \[ \sum_{a_1,\ldots, a_m, b_1,\ldots, b_k=1}^n F(\gcd(a_1-s_1,\ldots, a_m-s_m, , b_1,\ldots, b_k, n) \chi_1(a_1)\cdots\chi_m(a_m)\lambda_1(b_1)\cdots\lambda_k(b_k), \] where \(F\) is an arithmetic function, \(s_1,\ldots, s_m\) are integers, \(\chi_1,\ldots,\chi_m\) are Dirichlet characters mod \(n\) and \(\lambda_1,\ldots, \lambda_k\) are additive characters.