2024/105/1-2 (5)
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DOI: 10.5486/PMD.2024.9674
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pp. 67-89
A note on variants of Euler's $\varphi$-function
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

