Number-theoretic functions for Gaussian integers

Abstract

The classical number-theoretic functions – a number of divisors τ(n), sum of the divisors σ(n) and product of the divisors π(n) of a positive integer n – were generalized to the ring Z[i] of Gaussian integers. For the evaluation of the corresponding functions τ*(α), σ*m(α) and π*(α), obtained were the explicit formulae that use the canonical representation of α. A number of properties of these functions were studied, in particular, estimates from above for the functions τ*(α) and σ*m(α) and the properties connected with divisibility of their values by certain numbers. Researched are also sums of products of powers of the divisors for α∈Z[i].