Möbius function

discrete curve

last updated: 2003-08-01

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where the Möbius function m is defined as follows:
h12mobi.gif (2313 bytes)let a natural number n to be written as a multiplication of primes:

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Then m(n) = (-1)r where k1= .....=kr=1; m(1) = 1; m(n) = 0 otherwise.

It follows that m = -1 for each prime. This extraordinary function is used in the Prime Number Theorem.