Congruences and exponential sums with the sum of aliquot divisors function

Sanka Balasuriya*, William D. Banks, Igor E. Shparlinski

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Abstract

We give bounds on the number of integers 1 ≤ n ≤ N such that p s(n), where p is a prime and s(n) is the sum of aliquot divisors function given by s(n) = σ(n) - n, where - (n) is the sum of divisors function. Using this result, we obtain nontrivial bounds in certain ranges for rational exponential sums of the form Sp (a,N) = ∑n≤N exp(2πias(n)/p), gcd(a,p) = 1.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)903-909
Number of pages7
JournalInternational Journal of Number Theory
Volume4
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008

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