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Some contributions are made towards a Fourier-type theory of arithmetical functions, which, without appealing to classical notions of periodicity, in many ways parallels the Bohr and Besicovitch theories of ordinary almost periodic functions.
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Knopfmacher, J. Fourier analysis of arithmetical functions. Annali di Matematica 109, 177–201 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02416959
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