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An Asymptotic Formula for a Sum of Products of Powers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Ronald J. Evans*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 920934
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Fix an integer r ≥ 2 and positive numbers b1, …, br. Write σ = b1+ …+br Let . In this note we evaluate the constant A (when it exists) for which

1

where the sum is over all vectors

2

We also obtain upper and lower bounds for the sum in (1).

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1978

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