On some generalizations of mean value theorems for arithmetic functions of two variables

Abstract

Let $f:{\mathbb{N}}^2\mapsto \mathbb{C}$ be an arithmetic function of two variables. We study the existence of the limit: \[\displaystyle \lim_{x \to \infty} \frac{1}{x^2 (\log x)^{k-1}} \sum_{n_1 , n_2 \le x} f (n_1, n_2) \] where $k$ is a fixed positive integer. Moreover, we express this limit as an infinite product over all prime numbers in the case that $f$ is a multiplicative function of two variables. This study is a generalization of Cohen-van der Corput's results to the case of two variables.

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