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We find, via the Selberg-Delange method, an asymptotic formula for the mean of arithmetic functions on certain APs. It generalizes a result due to Cui and Wu (2014).
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This work was supported by NSF of Chongqing (cstc2018jcyjAX0540) and Scientific and Technological Research Program of Chongqing Municipal Education Commission (No. KJ1601213) and Scientific Research Innovation Team Project Affiliated to Yangtze Normal University (No. 2016XJTD01).
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Feng, B. Sums of Multiplicative Function in Special Arithmetic Progressions. Czech Math J 69, 1–10 (2019). https://doi.org/10.21136/CMJ.2019.0079-16
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21136/CMJ.2019.0079-16