Arithmetic Subderivatives Relative to Subsets of Primes

Authors

  • Champak Talukdar Department of Mathematics, Behali Degree College, Bargang, Sukan Suti 784167, Assam, India https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0571-4831
  • Helen K. Saikia Department of Mathematics, Gauhati University, Gauhati 781014, Assam, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26713/cma.v16i2.3430

Keywords:

Arithmetic subderivative, Multiplicative functions, Bijections, Prime powers

Abstract

The arithmetic derivative is a number-theoretic function that behaves analogously to differentiation defined on integers. In this paper, we extend the concept to generalized arithmetic subderivatives with respect to a chosen set of primes. Inspired by the work of P. Haukkanen (Generalized arithmetic subderivative, Notes on Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics 25(2) (2019), 1 – 7), we introduce a family of arithmetic functions that generalize the prime-power exponents in the classical definition. We establish necessary and sufficient conditions under which these generalized subderivatives satisfy analogs of linearity, the Leibniz rule (product rule), and multiplicativity. Several illustrative examples are worked out to demonstrate the computations and properties of these subderivatives.

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Published

20-08-2025
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Talukdar, C., & Saikia, H. K. (2025). Arithmetic Subderivatives Relative to Subsets of Primes. Communications in Mathematics and Applications, 16(2), 489–497. https://doi.org/10.26713/cma.v16i2.3430

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Vol. 16 No. 2 (2025)

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Research Article

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