Irrationality of power series for various number theoretic functions

被引:5
作者
Banks, WD [1 ]
Luca, F
Shparlinski, IE
机构
[1] Univ Missouri, Dept Math, Columbia, MO 65211 USA
[2] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Matemat, Morelia 58089, Michoacan, Mexico
[3] Macquarie Univ, Dept Comp, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
关键词
Lower Bound; Power Series; Number Theory; Algebraic Geometry; Rational Approximation;
D O I
10.1007/s00229-005-0564-3
中图分类号
O1 [数学];
学科分类号
0701 ; 070101 ;
摘要
We study formal power series whose coefficients are taken to be a variety of number theoretic functions, such as the Euler, Mobius and divisor functions. We show that these power series are irrational over Z[X], and we obtain lower bounds on the precision of their rational approximations.
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页码:183 / 197
页数:15
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