Abstract
An asymptotic formula is proved for the sum of values of the Euler function on numbers of the form p − 1 not exceeding x. The order of the remainder of the asymptotics corresponds to the modern bound for zeros of the zeta function.
References
A. G. Postnikov, Introduction to Analytic Number Theory (Nauka, Moscow, 1971) [in Russian].
A. A. Karatsuba, Basic Analytic Number Theory, 2nd ed. (Nauka, Moscow, 1983; Springer, 1992).
G. I. Arkhipov, V. A. Sadovnichii, and V. N. Chubarikov, Lectures in Mathematical Analysis, 3rd ed. (Drofa, Moscow, 2003) [in Russian].
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Additional information
Original Russian Text © D.V. Goryashin, 2009, published in Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta, Matematika. Mekhanika, 2009, Vol. 64, No. 1, pp. 63–65.
About this article
Cite this article
Goryashin, D.V. Summation of the euler function values over numbers of the form p − 1. Moscow Univ. Math. Bull. 64, 41–43 (2009). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0027132209010100
Received:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3103/S0027132209010100