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arxiv: 1211.0189 · v1 · pith:DEYZ4UEPnew · submitted 2012-11-01 · 🧮 math.NT

Uncertainty principles connected with the M\"{o}bius inversion formula

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We say that two arithmetic functions f and g form a Mobius pair if f(n) = \sum_{d \mid n} g(d) for all natural numbers n. In that case, g can be expressed in terms of f by the familiar Mobius inversion formula of elementary number theory. In a previous paper, the first-named author showed that if the members f and g of a Mobius pair are both finitely supported, then both functions vanish identically. Here we prove two significantly stronger versions of this uncertainty principle. A corollary is that in a nonzero Mobius pair, either \sum_{n \in supp(f)} 1/n or \sum_{n \in supp(g)} 1/n diverges.

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