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Two classes of finite linear sums concerning the floor function and three arithmetic functions are evaluated in closed forms.
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Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, 2022, Vol. 112, pp. 371–375 https://doi.org/10.4213/mzm13659.
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Chu, W. Linear Sums on the Floor Function and Three Arithmetic Functions. Math Notes 112, 378–381 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S000143462209005X
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