Monday, 10 February 2014

sequences and series - Why is sigma1(0) not frac112?

The Eisenstein series G2 is given by
G2(z)=124+n=1σ1(n)qn
with q=e2πiz and
σ1(n):=dnd
for nN. That's why some authors define σ1(0):=124, since then G2(z) reads as
G2(z)=n=0σ1(n)qn.



As you may already know the sum of all natural numbers is 112.



If we apply our definition of σ1(n) to n=0 we get

σ1(0)=d0d=d=1d=112.
So in this case the definition of d=1d=112 is inappropriate by a factor of two (we'd rather have 124 here).



In math I'm used to the principle that everything goes well together. Here it doesn't. Do you have explanations for that? Can this issue be fixed somehow?

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