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Exercise 4.3.13 ($\sum_{d \mid n} d \mu(d) = (-1)^{\omega(n)} \phi(n) \frac{s(n)}{n}$ where $s(n) = \sum_{p \mid n} p$)
Let denote the largest square-free divisor of . That is, . Show that .
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Proof. If and are relatively prime, where are distinct prime, then is the decomposition of in primes, so
so is a multiplicative function.
We define for all positive integers ,
Since and , are multiplicative functions, so are and .
Moreover , and if ,
and
Since for all , where and are multiplicative, we obtain .
For all positive integers ,
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