Divisor sum function
This article defines an arithmetic function or number-theoretic function: a function from the natural numbers to a ring (usually, the ring of integers, rational numbers, real numbers, or complex numbers).
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Definition
Let be a natural number. The divisor sum function of , denoted , is defined in the following equivalent ways:
- .
- is the Dirichlet product of the identity function on the natural numbers and the all-one function: the function sending every natural number to .
is a multiplicative function but not a completely multiplicative function.