A generalisation of a result of de la Vallée Poussin (Q427172)
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A generalisation of a result of de la Vallée Poussin (English)
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13 June 2012
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A century-old result of de la Vallée Poussin is \[ \sum_{\substack{ d\leq x\\ d\equiv b \bmod a}}\Biggl\{{x\over d}\Biggr\}= {1-\gamma\over a} x+ O(\sqrt{x}),\quad 0\leq b< a, \] where \(\gamma\) is Euler's constant. A consequence is \[ \sum_{d\leq x} 1_A(d)\Biggl\{{x\over d}\Biggr\}\sim (1-\gamma) \sum_{d\leq x} 1_A(d)\quad\text{as }x\to\infty, \] where \(A\) is a residue class modulo \(a\) and \(1_A\) its characteristic function. The author generalizes this asymptotic formula to the case \(A= g(\mathbb N)\), where \(g(t)\) is a polynomial with coefficients in \(\mathbb N_0\).
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asymptotic results of arithmetical functions
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