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The Dedekind function in the title of the paper is given by \(\psi(n)=n\prod_{p| n}(1+1/p)\), where \(p\) denotes a prime. It is known [\textit{U. Balakrishnan} and \textit{Y.-F.S. Pétermann}, Acta Arith. 75, No. 1, 39--69 (1996; Zbl 0846.11054)] that, for each positive integer \(r\), there is a positive constant \(a(r)\) with the property that the sum \(\sum_{n\leq x}\big(n/\psi(n)\big)^r\) has an asymptotic formula with a dominating term \(a(r)x\), and an error term satisfying \(E(x,r)\ll (\log x)^{2r/3}(\log\log x)^{4r/3}\). The author shows that, for positive integers~\(r\), \[ \sum_{n\leq x}E(n,r)=\tfrac 12 a(r)x+O\big(x\varepsilon(x)\big),\qquad \int_1^xE(t,r)\,dt\ll x\varepsilon(x), \] where \(\varepsilon(x)=\exp(-A(\log x)^{1/3}(\log\log x)^{1/3})\) for a certain positive constant~\(A\). The argument makes use of a general result due to \textit{S.~L.~Segal} [Duke Math. J. 32, 279--284 (1965; Zbl 0136.33301)] on the difference between the discrete and the continuous versions of an error term in an asymptotic formula. See also the review of the author's paper [Appl. Math., Ser. A (Chin. Ed.) 18, No. 1, 99--104 (2003)] in Zbl 1030.11049.