Lambert Series - Examples

Examples

Since this last sum is a typical number-theoretic sum, almost any natural multiplicative function will be exactly summable when used in a Lambert series. Thus, for example, one has

where is the number of positive divisors of the number n.

For the higher order sigma functions, one has

where is any complex number and

is the divisor function.

Lambert series in which the an are trigonometric functions, for example, an = sin(2n x), can be evaluated by various combinations of the logarithmic derivatives of Jacobi theta functions.

Other Lambert series include those for the Möbius function :

For Euler's totient function :

For Liouville's function :

\sum_{n=1}^\infty \lambda(n)\,\frac{q^n}{1-q^n} = \sum_{n=1}^\infty q^{n^2}

with the sum on the left similar to the Ramanujan theta function.

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