Abstract
Let m and n be positive integers, and let denote the Ramanujan sum. In this paper, we establish an asymptotic formula for the mean value of , which is associated with the divisor function, over both m and n.
MSC:
11H60; 11A25
1. Introduction
The Ramanujan sum function holds significant importance in number theory due to its numerous properties. For any positive integers m and n, the classical Ramanujan sum is defined as
where , is the Möbius function, and denotes the greatest common factor of m and n.
Many authors have conducted a series of mean value studies on the arithmetic function . Suppose that are real numbers, is a fixed integer, and is the Riemann zeta function. Define
Chan and Kumchev [1] proved that
For , if , for some fixed , it holds that
if , then
where and
Hereafter, this question has been studied in number fields , where is a finite-degree field extension of the rational number field . Let be sufficiently large real numbers. Suppose that is a fixed integer. Define
W. G. Nowak [2] established the main term of for quadratic number fields under the condition , where . W. Zhai [3] obtained a more precise result by deriving an asymptotic formula for in the case of quadratic number fields. Furthermore, W. Zhai [4] provided the asymptotic formula of in quadratic number fields. The most recent development is due to C. Sneha and G. Shivani [5] establishing more precise results for on the quadratic and cubic fields, as well as results for general number fields. For related works involving Ramanujan sums in certain number fields, one may refer to [6,7].
“Sums of sums” is a highly interesting topic that has attracted the attention of numerous researchers. Various functions have been studied in this context, including generalized Ramanujan sums (see [8,9,10]), sums involving the von Mangoldt function (see [11]), sums related to the Liouville function (see [12]), and sums with weighting functions (see [13]).
As is well known, the divisor function plays a fundamental and important role in number theory. For , let denote the number of ways that n can be expressed as a product of k factors. When , is the familiar Dirichlet divisor function. There have been a series of advancements in the study of . Using the hyperbola method, Dirichlet proved that
for , where is Euler’s constant. We denote
It follows that . The exponent has been improved by many authors (for example, [14,15,16,17]). Currently, the best result, due to Huxley [18], is
Furthermore, many other properties have been extensively studied, including the omega results ([19,20]), sign changes ([21]) and moments related to ([22,23,24]). Results concerning for are presented in [25]. In this paper, we combine the Ramanujan sum with the divisor function. We rewrite (2) in the form of
We multiply the variables , together, then we denote, for ,
For the case , we obtain the following theorem.
Theorem 1.
Suppose , and let and . For , we have
For , we have
Notations. We use , , , and to denote the sets of positive integers, rational numbers, real numbers, and complex numbers, respectively. We use expressions or to mean for some constant . We write to indicate that and . The greatest common divisor of m and n is denoted by and their least common multiple is denoted by . Let , where . Throughout this paper, denotes a sufficiently small real positive number, not necessarily the same at each occurrence.
2. Analytic Continuation
The following lemmas form the foundation for the proof of Theorem 1.
Lemma 1.
Let be a fixed integer. Suppose that is a multivariable arithmetic function whose Dirichlet series is given by
which is absolutely convergent for . Assume that , are parameters satisfying and define
Then, we have
where
Proof.
See Lemma 2.6 in [4]. □
Taking
its Dirichlet series is given by
where s, .
For any , we define
For , we derive
which implies
Proposition 1.
Suppose s, . If and , then
Proof.
Let , such that , . Also, assume that . Then, we define the function as follows
By applying Ramanujan’s identity (refer to [26] for details), we can transform the series on the right-hand side. Specifically, we obtain
Finally, when we set , we arrive at the result that concludes the proof. □
We also require some upper bound estimations of the Riemann zeta function.
Lemma 2.
For σ, , the following estimates hold:
If ,
If ,
If ,
If ,
Proof.
The detailed proofs can be found in Chapter 3 of the work by E. C. Titchmarsh [26] and Chapter 7 of the work by Pan and Pan [27]. □
Lemma 3.
Suppose is a large parameter and . Then,
Proof.
See Chapter 25 of Pan and Pan [27]. □
Lemma 4.
Suppose that T and U are two real large numbers, where U is a half integer and is an arithmetic function satisfying for any . Define
which is absolutely convergent for . For , define
Then, we have
3. Proof of Theorem 1
Suppose X and Y are half integers. Recall that
Let , , and . For , assume , . Applying Lemma 1, we obtain
where
and
with
3.1. Estimation of E
First, we handle E. Let
where
and
By writing and , we obtain
This can be rewritten as
Since
and we know the well-known relation
we can conclude the following inequality:
Now, we make a substitution. Let , and write , , where . Therefore, we have
where
Next, we turn our attention to handling the term .
Applying Lemma 4, we have
Further from (16) and (17), we conclude that
3.2. Treatment for M
In the following, we deal with M. Consider a rectangular domain with vertices at the points and . Within this domain, the integrand has a second-order pole and two simple poles and . By applying the residue theorem, we can deduce that
where
and
We start by estimating the quantity to analyze. For , , according to Lemma 2, we have
Applying Lemmas 2 and 3, we can deduce
where
and
Now, we estimate . Let for . By Lemma 3 and partial summation, we obtain
Let for . Similarly, we have
From (11) and Cauchy’s inequality, we obtain
which, by partial summation, yields
Note that for the integral , we have
and
so that
Thus, from (23) and Cauchy’s inequality, we obtain
where we substitute the variables and in the fourth line.
At present, we estimate . Note that for the integral , we have
which imply
Therefore, through Hölder’s inequality, we have
Consequently, from (22), (25), and (26), it can be deduced that
Next, we estimate . In this case, by Lemma 2, for and , we have
so that we obtain
Similarly, we have
From (27)–(29), we deduce that
Then, we calculate the main terms, respectively. Let
3.3. Treatment for
3.4. Treatment for
3.5. Treatment for
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Conceptualization, W.Z.; methodology, X.L. and W.Z.; writing and editing, X.L.; review, X.L. and W.Z. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
Funding
This research was funded by the National Natural Science Foundations of China (Grant numbers 12471009, 12301006) and partially supported by the Beijing Natural Science Foundation (Grant Number 1242003).
Data Availability Statement
No data were used in this study, so there is no issue regarding data availability.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflicts of interest. Our second author is the funder.
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