On arithmetic functions related to iterates of the Schemmel totient functions

zbMATH Open1316.11007arXiv1506.05426MaRDI QIDQ5246232FDOQ5246232

Authors: Colin Defant 

Publication date: 20 April 2015

Abstract: We begin by introducing an interesting class of functions, known as the Schemmel totient functions, that generalizes the Euler totient function. For each Schemmel totient function $L_m$, we define two new functions, denoted $R_m$ and $H_m$, that arise from iterating $L_m$. Roughly speaking, $R_m$ counts the number of iterations of $L_m$ needed to reach either $0$ or $1$, and $H_m$ takes the value (either $0$ or $1$) that the iteration trajectory eventually reaches. Our first major result is a proof that, for any positive integer $m$, the function $H_m$ is completely multiplicative. We then introduce an iterate summatory function, denoted $D_m$, and define the terms $D_m$-deficient, $D_m$-perfect, and $D_m$-abundant. We proceed to prove several results related to these definitions, culminating in a proof that, for all positive even integers $m$, there are infinitely many $D_m$-abundant numbers. Many open problems arise from the introduction of these functions and terms, and we mention a few of them, as well as some numerical results.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1506.05426

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zbMATH Keywords

Schemmel totient functionsummatory functionperfect totient numberiterated arithmetic function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Arithmetic functions; related numbers; inversion formulas (11A25) Special sequences and polynomials (11B83) Other results on the distribution of values or the characterization of arithmetic functions (11N64)

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