Exponential divisor functions

Arithmetic functions; related numbers; inversion formulas (11A25) (zeta (s)) and (L(s, chi)) (11M06) Asymptotic results on arithmetic functions (11N37)

Abstract: Consider the operator

E

on arithmetic functions such that

E f

is the multiplicative arithmetic function defined by

(E f) (p^{a}) = f (a)

for every prime power

p^{a}

. We investigate the behaviour of

E^{m} a u_{k}

, where

a u_{k}

is a

k

-dimensional divisor function and

E^{m}

stands for the

m

-fold iterate of

E

. We estimate the error terms of

s u m_{n l e x} E^{m} a u_{k} (n)

for various combinations of

m

and

k

. We also study properties of

E^{m} f

for arbitrary

f

and sufficiently large

m

. Our study provides a unified approach to functions with exponential divisors. We improve special cases of the Dirichlet asymmetric divisor problem and several results on the exponential divisor and totient functions.

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