Define a carefree couple as a pair of positive integers such that
and
are relatively prime (i.e.,
) and
is squarefree. Similarly, define
a strongly carefree couple as a pair
such that
and both
and
are squarefree, and a weakly carefree couple as a pair
such that
and at least of one
and
is squarefree.
Let
be the number of squarefree pairs,
the number of carefree couples,
the number of strongly carefree couples, and
the number of weakly squarefree couples with
, illustrated above.
The numbers of squarefree pairs for
, 2, ... are 1, 3, 7, 11, 19, 23, 35, 43, 55, ... (OEIS A018805), which has closed forms
(1)
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(2)
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where
is the totient summatory function,
is the floor
function, and
is the Möbius function.
The numbers of carefree couples for
, 2, ... are 1, 3, 7, 9, 16, 20, 31, 35, 39, ... (OEIS A118258); the numbers of strongly carefree couples
are 1, 3, 7, 7, 13, 17, 27, 27,
... (OEIS A118259); and the numbers of weakly
carefree couples
are 1, 3, 7, 11, 19, 23, 35, 43, 51, ... (OEIS A118260).
Then
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where the carefree and strongly carefree constants are given by
(7)
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(17)
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(OEIS A065464, A065473, and A118261; Moree 2005), where is the Riemann
zeta function.