Pillai's Arithmetical Function
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number theory Number theory is a branch of pure mathematics devoted primarily to the study of the integers and arithmetic functions. Number theorists study prime numbers as well as the properties of mathematical objects constructed from integers (for example ...
, the gcd-sum function, also called Pillai's arithmetical function, is defined for every n by :P(n)=\sum_^n\gcd(k,n) or equivalently :P(n) = \sum_ d \varphi(n/d) where d is a divisor of n and \varphi is
Euler's totient function In number theory, Euler's totient function counts the positive integers up to a given integer that are relatively prime to . It is written using the Greek letter phi as \varphi(n) or \phi(n), and may also be called Euler's phi function. In ot ...
. it also can be written as :P(n) = \sum_ d \tau(d) \mu(n/d) where, \tau is the
divisor function In mathematics, and specifically in number theory, a divisor function is an arithmetic function related to the divisors of an integer. When referred to as ''the'' divisor function, it counts the ''number of divisors of an integer'' (includi ...
, and \mu is the
Möbius function The Möbius function \mu(n) is a multiplicative function in number theory introduced by the German mathematician August Ferdinand Möbius (also transliterated ''Moebius'') in 1832. It is ubiquitous in elementary and analytic number theory and m ...
. This multiplicative
arithmetical function In number theory, an arithmetic, arithmetical, or number-theoretic function is generally any Function (mathematics), function whose Domain of a function, domain is the set of natural number, positive integers and whose range is a subset of the co ...
was introduced by the Indian mathematician
Subbayya Sivasankaranarayana Pillai Subbayya Sivasankaranarayana Pillai (5 April 1901 – 31 August 1950) was an Indian mathematician specialising in number theory. His contribution to Waring's problem was described in 1950 by K. S. Chandrasekharan as "almost certainly his best ...
in 1933.


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