Scientia Magna

Vol. 6 (2010), No. 4, 20-23

On the hybrid mean value of the Smarandache kn-digital sequence and Smarandache function 1
Chan Shi Department of Mathematics, Northwest University, Xian, Shaanxi, P.R.China E-mail: yongyuandexizhong@163.com
Abstract The main purpose of this paper is using the elementary method to study the hybrid mean value properties of the Smarandache kn-digital sequence and Smarandache function, and give an interesting asymptotic formula for it. Keywords Smarandache kn-digital sequence, Smarandache function, hybrid mean value, as -ymptotic formula, elementary method.

1. Introduction
For any positive integer k , the famous Smarandache kn-digital sequence a(k, n) is dened as all positive integers which can be partitioned into two groups such that the second part is k times bigger than the rst. For example, Smarandache 2n and 3n digital sequences a(2, n) and a(3, n) are dened as {a(2, n)} = {12, 24, 36, 48, 510, 612, 714, 816, } and {a(3, n)} = {13, 26, 39, 412, 515, 618, 721, 824, }. Recently, Professor Gou Su told me that she studied the hybrid mean value properties of the Smarandache kn-digital sequence and the divisor sum function (n), and proved that the asymptotic formula (n) 3 2 = ln x + O(1) a(k, n) k 20 ln 10

nx

holds for all integers 1 k 9. When I read professor Gou Sus work, I found that the method is very new, and the results are also interesting. This paper as a note of Gou Sus work, we consider the hybrid mean value properties of the Smarandache kn-digital sequence and Smarandache function S (n), which is dened as the smallest positive integer m such that n|m!. That is, S (n) = min{m : n|m!, m N }. In this paper, we will use the elementary and analytic methods to study a similar problem, and prove a new conclusion. That is, we shall prove the following: Theorem. Let 1 k 9, then for any real number x > 1, we have the asymptotic formula S (n) 3 2 = ln ln x + O(1). a(k, n) k 20

nx
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paper is supported by the N. S. F. of P. R. China.

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2. Proof of the theorem

In this section, we shall use the elementary and combinational methods to complete the proof of our theorem. First we need following: Lemma. For any real number x > 1, we have 2 x S (n) = +O n 6 ln x x ln2 x .

nx

Proof. For any real number x > 2, from [4] we have the asymptotic formula S (n) =
nx

2 x2 +O 12 ln x

x2 ln2 x

(1)

Then from Euler summation formula (see theorem 3.1 of [3]) we can deduce that S (n) n = = = 1 x 2 12 2 6 2 x2 +O 12 ln x x +O ln x x +O ln x x2 ln2 x + .
x

+
1

1<nx

2 t2 +O 12 ln t
x 1

t2 ln2 t

1 t2

dt

x ln2 x x ln2 x

2 x 13 2 + 12 ln x 12

1 dt ln2 t

This proves our Lemma. Now we take k = 2 (or k = 4), then for any real number x > 1, there exists a positive integer M such that 5 10M x < 5 10M +1 , then we can deduce that M= 1 ln x + O(1). ln 10 (2)

So from the denition of a(2, n) we have S (n) a(2, n) S (n) S (n) S (n) = + + + + a (2 , n ) a (2 , n ) a (2, n) n=1 n=5 n=50 +
510M nx 4 4 49 499 510M 1 n=510M 1

1nx

S (n) a(2, n)

S (n) a(2, n)
49 499

S (n) S (n) S (n) + + + 2 n (10 + 2) n=5 n (10 + 2) n=50 n (103 + 2) n=1

510M 1

+
n=510M 1

S (n) + n (10M +1 + 2)

510M nx

S (n) n (10M +2 + 2)

(3)

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No. 4

1nx

S (n) a(4, n)

S (n) S (n) S (n) = + + + + a (4 , n ) a (4 , n ) a (4, n) n=1 n=3 n=25 +

1 M 4 10 nx

249

M 1 4 10 1

M 1 n= 1 4 10

S (n) a(4, n)

S (n) a(4, n)
24 249

S (n) S (n) S (n) + + + 2 + 4) 3 + 4) n (10 + 4) n (10 n (10 n=1 n=3 n=25

M 1 4 10 1

+
M 1 n= 1 4 10

S (n) + n (10M + 4)

1 M 4 10 nx

S (n) . n (10M +1 + 4)

(4)

Then from (2), (3) and Lemma we may immediately deduce

510k 1 n=510k1

S (n) n (10k+1 + 2)

=
n510k 1 2

S (n) n (10k+1 + 2)
k k1

n510k1

S (n) n (10k+1 + 2) 1 k2 (5)

= =

5 10 5 10 6 10k+1 + 2 1 3 2 1 +O 40 k k2

1 +O ln(5 10k )

Similarly,
k 1 4 10 1

k 1 n= 1 4 10

S (n) n (10k + 4)

=
1 n 4 10k 1

S (n) n (10k + 4)

1 n 4 10k1

S (n) n (10k + 4) 1 k2 (6)

= =

2 6

1 4

k1 10k 1 1 4 10 +O 1 10k + 4 ln( 4 10k )

3 2 1 +O 80 k

1 k2

Noting that the identity

1 = 2 /6 and the asymptotic formula 2 n n=1 1 = ln M + + O k 1 M

1kM

where is the Euler constant.

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From (2), (3) and (5) we have S (n) a(2, n) S (n) S (n) S (n) = + + + + a(2, n) n=5 a(2, n) n=50 a(2, n) n=1 +
510M nx M 4 49 499 510M 1 n=510M 1

1nx

S (n) a(2, n)

S (n) a(2, n)
M k=1

=
k=1 2

3 2 1 +O 40 k

1 k2

= Similarly, S (n) a(4, n)

3 ln ln x + O(1). 40

1nx

S (n) S (n) S (n) = + + + + a(4, n) n=3 a(4, n) n=25 a(4, n) n=1 +

1 M 4 10 nx

24

249

M 1 4 10 1

M 1 n= 1 4 10

S (n) a(4, n)

S (n) a(4, n)
M k=1

=
k=1 2

3 2 1 +O 80 k

1 k2

3 ln ln x + O(1). 80

For using the same methods, we can also prove that the theorem holds for all integers k = 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. This completes the proof of our theorem.

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