Mean Values of the Hardy Sum

WANG Xiao-ying,YUE Xia-xia

(School of Mathematics,Northwest University,Xi’an 710127,China)

Mean Values of the Hardy Sum

WANG Xiao-ying,YUE Xia-xia

(School of Mathematics,Northwest University,Xi’an 710127,China)

Let p≥5 be a prime.For any integer h,the Hardy sum is defined by

which is related to the classical Dedekind sum.The mean values of the Hardy sum in short intervals are studied by using the mean value theorems of Dirichlet L-functions.

Dedekind sum;Hardy sum;mean value;Dirichlet L-function

§1.Introduction

For integers h and k＞0,the classical Dedekind sum is defined by

The sum S(h,k)plays an important role in the transformation theory of the Dedekind η function(see[1]and Chapter 3 of[2]for details).

In[3]Berndt studied the following Hardy sum

which is related to the classical Dedekind sum and obtained some arithmetic properties(see[4]). Sitaramachandrarao[5]and Pettet[6]expressed the Hardy sum in terms of the Dedekind sum as follows

For k=p being an odd prime,Zhang and Yi[7]studied the 2m-th power mean of H(h,p) and proved the following formula

where m is a positive integer and ζ(s)is the Riemann zeta function.

Xu and Zhang[8],studied the mean values of the Hardy sums in short intervals and showed some asymptotic formula.

Proposition 1.1Let p≥5 be a prime and let b denote the multiplicative inverse of b modulo p.We have

where ε is any fixed positive number.

By using the ideas of[8],Liu[9]also studied the mean values of the Hardy sums in short intervals.

Proposition 1.2Let p≥5 be a prime.Then

We continue the study on the mean values of the Hardy sums and give some formulae.Our main results are the following

Theorem 1.1Let p≥5 be a prime.We have

§2.Identities Involving Certain Dirichlet Series

Then we have

ProofNoting that r(n)is a multiplicative function,we get

It is easy to show that

From Euler product formula,we can get

Therefore

This proves(2.1).

Similarly we have

This proves(2.2).

By the Euler product formula we also get

This completes the proof of(2.3).

It is not hard to show that

Therefore

This proves(2.4).

Similarly we have

It is not hard to show that

This completes the proof of(2.5).

§3.Mean Values of the Dirichlet L-functions

In this section,we shall prove some mean values of the Dirichlet L-functions,which will be used to prove Theorem 1.1.

Theorem 3.1 Let p≥5 be a prime and let k and l be fixed non-negative integers.Then we have

all odd Dirichlet characters modulo p.

Proof Let N be an integer with p≤N＜p4.By Abel’s identity we have

From the P´olya-Vinogradov inequality we get

So we haveNow from(3.1)～(3.4)and the orthogonality relations for characters we get

First we consider M11.We have

It is not hard to show that

Then from(3.6)～(3.10)we have

Similarly we can get

Now taking N=p3and combining(3.5),(3.11)～(3.12),we have

Note that r(2kn)=r(n).Thus from Theorem 2.1 we immediately get

Similarly we have

Theorem 3.2Let p≥5 be a prime and let k and l be fixed non-negative integers. Suppose that χ3is the non-principal character modulo 3 and χ4is the non-principal character modulo 4.Then we have

Proof Note that

Thus from Theorem 2.1 and the methods of Theorem 3.1,we have

Theorem 3.3Let p≥5 be a prime and let k＞0 be fixed integer.Then we have

ProofNote that

Thus from Theorem 2.1 and the methods of Theorem 3.1,we have

§4.Mean Values of the Homogeneous Dedekind Sums

Let q＞3 be an integer and let χ be a Dirichlet character modulo q.The generalized Bernoulli numbers Bn,χare defined by

Let r be a positive integer prime to q and let k≥0 be an integer.By(6)of[10]and(2.12) of[11],we have

By using the above formula Liu[12]showed the following Lemma.

Lemma 4.1Let χ be a primitive character modulo q＞3.Then

On the other hand,let p be a prime and a be a positive integer with(a,p)=1.By[13]we know that

From Lemma 4.1 we have XX

Similarly we get

This proves Theorem 1.1.

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1002–0462(2017)01–0016–18

date:2015-11-06

Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(11571277);Supported by the Science and Technology Program of Shaanxi Province(2016GY-077)

Biography:WANG Xiao-ying(1964-),female,native of Changwu,Shaanxi,a professor of Northwest University,Ph.D.,engages in analytic number theory.

CLC number:O156.4