Additive arithmetic functions meet the inclusion-exclusion principle: Asymptotic formulas concerning the GCD and LCM of several integers

Abstract

We obtain asymptotic formulas for the sums $\sum_{n_1,\ldots,n_k\le x} f((n_1,\ldots,n_k))$ and $ \sum_{n_1,\ldots,n_k\le x} f([n_1,\ldots,n_k])$ involving the gcd and lcm of the integers $n_1,\ldots,n_k$, where $f$ belongs to certain classes of additive arithmetic functions. In particular, we consider the generalized omega function $\Omega_{\ell}(n)= \sum_{p^\nu \mid\mid n} \nu^{\ell}$ investigated by Duncan (1962) and Hassani (2018), and the functions $A(n)=\sum_{p^\nu \mid\mid n} \nu p$, $A^*(n)= \sum_{p \mid n} p$, $B(n)=A(n)-A^*(n)$ studied by Alladi and Erd\H{o}s (1977). As a key auxiliary result we use an inclusion-exclusion-type identity.