The fractional sum of small arithmetic functions

Abstract

Motivated by recent results, we study sums of the form $S_f(x) = \sum_{n\leq x} f\left(\left\lfloor\frac{x}{n}\right\rfloor \right)$, where $f$ is an arithmetic function and $\left\lfloor\cdot\right\rfloor$ denotes the greatest integer function. We show how the error term in the asymptotic formula for $S_f(x)$ can be improved in some specific cases.