Number of tuples with a given least common multiple

K. Siddharth Choudary and A. Satyanarayana Reddy
Notes on Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics
Print ISSN 1310–5132, Online ISSN 2367–8275
Volume 26, 2020, Number 2, Pages 53–60
DOI: 10.7546/nntdm.2020.26.2.53-60
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K. Siddharth Choudary
Department of Mathematics, Shiv Nadar University
India-201314

A. Satyanarayana Reddy
Department of Mathematics, Shiv Nadar University
India-201314

Abstract

In this paper, for a given natural number n, we count the number of k-tuples (x_1,x_2,\ldots,x_k)\in {\mathbb N}^k with certain conditions such that lcm(x_1,x_2,\ldots,x_k)=n. In the process, we derived different arithmetic functions.

Keywords

  • Arithmetic function
  • Multiplicative function
  • Least common multiple
  • Stirling numbers of the second kind

2010 Mathematics Subject Classification

  • 11A41
  • 11A51
  • 11A25

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Siddharth Choudary, K., & Satyanarayana Reddy, A. (2020). Number of tuples with a given least common multiple. Notes on Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics, 26 (2), 53-60, DOI: 10.7546/nntdm.2020.26.2.53-60.

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