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2024/105/1-2 (5) — DOI: 10.5486/PMD.2024.9674 — pp. 67-89

A note on variants of Euler's $\varphi$-function

Authors: Engin Büyükaşık Orcid.org link for Engin Büyükaşık, Haydar Göral Orcid.org link for Haydar Göral and Doğa Can Sertbaş Orcid.org link for Doğa Can Sertbaş

Abstract:

It is well-known that the sum of the first $n$ consecutive integers always divides the $k$-th power sum of the first $n$ consecutive integers when $k$ is odd. Motivated by this result, in this note we study the divisibility properties of the power sum of positive integers that are coprime to $n$ and not surpassing $n$. First, we prove a finiteness result for our divisibility sets using smooth numbers in short intervals. Then, we find the exact structure of a certain divisibility set that contains the orders of these power sums and our result is of computational flavour.

Keywords: Euler's $\varphi$-function, Bernoulli numbers, prime number theory

Mathematics Subject Classification: 11A25, 11N05, 11B68