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arxiv: 1103.0370 · v4 · pith:JWGUDMY2new · submitted 2011-03-02 · 🧮 math.NT

When are two Dedekind sums equal?

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A natural question about Dedekind sums is to find conditions on the integers $a_1, a_2$, and $b$ such that $s(a_1,b) = s(a_2, b)$. We prove that if the former equality holds then $ b \ | \ (a_1a_2-1)(a_1-a_2)$. Surprisingly, to the best of our knowledge such statements have not appeared in the literature. A similar theorem is proved for the more general Dedekind-Rademacher sums as well, namely that for any fixed non-negative integer $n$, a positive integer modulus $b$, and two integers $a_1$ and $a_2$ that are relatively prime to $b$, the hypothesis $r_n (a_1,b)= r_n (a_2,b)$ implies that $b \ | \ (6n^2+1-a_1a_2)(a_2-a_1)$.

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