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Some comments on inverse arithmetic functions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

P. G. Brown*
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics, UNSW, Sydney 2052, NSW, Australia

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In many of the basic courses in Number Theory, Finite Mathematics and Cryptography we come across the so-called arithmetic functions such as ϕn), σ(n), τ(n), μ(n), etc, whose domain is the set of natural numbers. These functions are well known and evaluated through the prime factor decomposition of n. It is less well known that these functions possess inverses (with respect to Dirichlet multiplication) which have interesting properties and applications.

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Copyright © The Mathematical Association 2004

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References

1. Apóstol, T., Introduction to analytic number theory, Springer Verlag (1980).Google Scholar