For any integer let be the greatest odd divisor of .
For example, and .
Compute
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The key idea to solve this problem is that for any positive integer n and any strictly positive odd integer k , d ( 2 n k ) = k .
I will denote the set of all the odd positive integer as I (i for "impair", odd in french, not a conventional notation).
You probably know that the function bellow is a bijection (it is a consequence of the fundamental theorem of arithmetic):
φ : N × I ( n , k ) ⟶ ⟼ N ∗ 2 n k
Therefore,
n = 1 ∑ + ∞ n d ( n ) 1 = ( n , k ) ∈ N × I ∑ 2 n k × k 1 = k ∈ I ∑ n = 0 ∑ + ∞ 2 n k 2 1 = k ∈ I ∑ k 2 2 = 2 n = 1 ∑ + ∞ n 2 1 − 2 n = 1 ∑ + ∞ ( 2 n ) 2 1 = 2 n = 1 ∑ + ∞ n 2 1 − 2 1 n = 1 ∑ + ∞ n 2 1 = 2 3 n = 1 ∑ + ∞ n 2 1 = 2 3 × 6 π 2 = 4 π 2