Lambert Series Unify Totient, Möbius, and Divisor Sums — E8 Intelligence Research
FINDING: The search results converge on the totient–Möbius–divisor-sum nexus, with the arXiv paper providing the deepest structural result: generalized sum-of-divisors functions σ_α(n) = Σ_{d|n} d^α are enumerated by Lambert series, and their higher derivatives yield new combinatorial identities. MATH: - Euler totient: φ(n) = n·Π_{p|n}(1 − 1/p) - Möbius inversion: φ(n) = Σ_{d|n} μ(d)·(n/d) - Divisor sum: σ_α(n) = Σ_{d|n} d^α - Lambert generating function: L_α(q) = Σ_{n≥1} σ_α(n)·q^n = Σ_{n≥1} n^α·q^n/(1−q^n) - Key identity (from paper): higher-order derivatives ∂^k L_α(q) expand into finite sums over divisor convolutions, generalizing Ramanujan's Eisenstein series identities. CONNECTION: - The divisor lattice structure (partially ordered by divisibility) is a **crystallographic root system** analog: the sum over divisors mirrors the sum over positive roots in a Weyl group orbit. Specifically, σ_α(n) for α=1 gives the sum of divisors, which in base-60 (Sumerian) arithmetic Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com
Authors
- Andrew Stewart Caldin
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23007377
- Primary Topic
- Analytic Number Theory Research
- Type
- preprint