Lambert series

If p prime 1 2 p 1 = n = 1 f ( n ) 2 n \sum_{p\text{ prime}} \dfrac{1}{2^p-1} =\sum_{n=1}^\infty f(n)2^{-n} where f ( n ) f(n) is an additive function, find f ( 1 0 14 ) f(10^{14}) .


The answer is 2.

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1 solution

Leonel Castillo
Jun 12, 2018

p 1 2 p 1 = p 2 p 1 2 p = p n 0 2 n p p = p n 1 2 n p = k 1 ( p k 1 ) 2 k \sum_{p} \frac{1}{2^p - 1} = \sum_{p} \frac{2^{-p}}{1 - 2^{-p}} = \sum_{p} \sum_{n \geq 0} 2^{-np - p} = \sum_{p} \sum_{n \geq 1} 2^{-np} = \sum_{k \geq 1} \left( \sum_{p | k} 1 \right) 2^{-k}

The first equality follows from algebraic manipulation, second equality follows from the power series of 1 1 x \frac{1}{1 - x} , third equality follows by a transformation on the indices of summation and final equality because the term x k x^{-k} will appear as many times as there are primes that divide k k .

p 1 0 14 1 = 1 + 1 = 2 \sum_{p | 10^{14}} 1 = 1 + 1 = 2 as the only prime divisors of 1 0 14 10^{14} are 2 and 5.

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