Concept information
Preferred term
arithmetic function
Definition
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In number theory, an arithmetic, arithmetical, or number-theoretic function is for most authors any function f(n) whose domain is the positive integers and whose range is a subset of the complex numbers. Hardy & Wright include in their definition the requirement that an arithmetical function "expresses some arithmetical property of n". An example of an arithmetic function is the divisor function whose value at a positive integer n is equal to the number of divisors of n.
(Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arithmetic_function)
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- arithmetical function
- number-theoretic function
In other languages
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French
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/PSR-JPRK8NV8-1
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