Pillai's arithmetical function

In number theory, the gcd-sum function,{{cite journal |author=Lászlo Tóth |title=A survey of gcd-sum functions |journal=J. Integer Sequences |volume=13 |year=2010}}

also called Pillai's arithmetical function, is defined for every n by

:P(n)=\sum_{k=1}^n\gcd(k,n)

or equivalently

:P(n) = \sum_{d\mid n} d \varphi(n/d)

where d is a divisor of n and \varphi is Euler's totient function.

it also can be written as[https://math.stackexchange.com/q/135351 Sum of GCD(k,n)]

:P(n) = \sum_{d \mid n} d \tau(d) \mu(n/d)

where, \tau is the divisor function, and \mu is the Möbius function.

This multiplicative arithmetical function was introduced by the Indian mathematician Subbayya Sivasankaranarayana Pillai in 1933.{{cite journal |author=S. S. Pillai |title=On an arithmetic function |journal=Annamalai University Journal |volume=II |year=1933 |pages=242–248}}

{{cite journal |last1=Broughan |first1=Kevin |title=The gcd-sum function |journal=Journal of Integer Sequences |date=2002 |volume=4 |issue=Article 01.2.2 |pages=1–19 }}

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