On the series of the reciprocals lcm's of sequences of positive integers: A curious interpretation

Details On the series of the reciprocals lcm's of sequences of positive integers: A curious interpretation On the series of the reciprocals lcm's of sequences of positive integers: A curious interpretation

2009-12-13

arxiv.org/abs/0912.2508v1

Integers: Electronic Journal of Combinatorial Number Theory, 9 (2009), p. 555-567 (#A42)

Mathematics

Number Theory

14 pages

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In this paper, we prove the following result: {quote} Let $\A$ be an infinite set of positive integers. For all positive integer $n$, let $\tau_n$ denote the smallest element of $\A$ which does not divide $n$. Then we have $$\lim_{N \to + \infty} \frac{1}{N} \sum_{n = 1}^{N} \tau_n = \sum_{n = 0}^{\infty} \frac{1}{\lcm\{a \in \A | a \leq n\}} .$${quote} In the two particular cases when $\A$ is the set of all positive integers and when $\A$ is the set of the prime numbers, we give a more precise result for the average asymptotic behavior of ${(\tau_n)}_n$. Furthermore, we discuss the irrationality of the limit of $\tau_n$ (in the average sense) by applying a result of Erd\H{o}s.

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