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arithmetic function  

Definition

  • 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)

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  • arithmetical function
  • number-theoretic function

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