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Eigenray
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Euler phi is DFT of GCD
« on: Jan 27th, 2009, 11:53am » |
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I saw this cute result on the Wikipedia: (n) = k=1n gcd(k,n) cos(2k/n)
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ThudnBlunder
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Re: Euler phi is DFT of GCD
« Reply #2 on: Jan 27th, 2009, 12:56pm » |
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on Jan 27th, 2009, 11:53am, Eigenray wrote:I saw this cute result on the Wikipedia: (n) = k=1n (k,n) cos(2k/n) |
| I saw this cute result elsewhere: If (n)/n = 5/3 then 5n is an odd perfect number where (n) is the sum of the divisors of the positive integer n, including 1 and n. The idea crossed my mind to post it as a problem: Find an n such that (n)/n = 5/3 And then, after you had duly found one, to claim my 15 minutes of fame and fortune before you wised up. LOL
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balakrishnan
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Re: Euler phi is DFT of GCD
« Reply #3 on: Jan 30th, 2009, 10:36am » |
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Here is an interesting article.
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Eigenray
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Re: Euler phi is DFT of GCD
« Reply #4 on: Jan 30th, 2009, 12:14pm » |
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on Jan 27th, 2009, 12:19pm, towr wrote:"gcd" is missing in front of (k,n) |
| I think it's clear from the context but if you insist... on Jan 30th, 2009, 10:36am, balakrishnan wrote:Here is an interesting article. |
| Unfortunately their forms use post requests so a direct link won't work. Which one are you referring to? Anyway, the result is not hard to prove; I only put it in this section because it seemed too abstract for a riddle. Hint: What is the sum of all primitive m-th roots unity?
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balakrishnan
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Re: Euler phi is DFT of GCD
« Reply #5 on: Jan 30th, 2009, 12:42pm » |
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Oh, sorry: I was referring to ."The Fourier Transform of Functions of the Greatest Common Divisor " by Wolfgang Schramm
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