CONVOLUTION SUMS OF ODD AND EVEN DIVISOR FUNCTIONS

Let ${\sigma}_s(N)$ denote the sum of the s-th power of the positive divisors of N and ${\sigma}_{s,r}(N;m)={\sum_{d{\mid}N\\d{\equiv}r\;mod\;m}}\;d^s$ with $N,m,r,s,d{\in}\mathbb{Z}$, $d,s$ > 0 and $r{\geq}0$. In a celebrated paper [33], Ramanuja proved $\sum_{k=1}^{N-1}{\sigma}_1(k){\sigma}_1(N-k)=\frac{5}{12}{\sigma}_3(N)+\frac{1}{12}{\sigma}_1(N)-\frac{6}{12}N{\sigma}_1(N)$ using elementary arguments. The coefficients' relation in this identity ($\frac{5}{12}+\frac{1}{12}-\frac{6}{12}=0$) motivated us to write this article. In this article, we found the convolution sums $\sum_{k<N/m}{\sigma}_{1,i}(dk;2){\sigma}_{1,j}(N-mk;2)$ for odd and even divisor functions with $i,j=0,1$, $m=1,2,4$, and $d{\mid}m$. If N is an odd positive integer, $i,j=0,1$, $m=1,2,4$, $s=0,1,2$, and $d{\mid}m{\mid}2^s$, then there exist $u,a,b,c{\in}\mathbb{Z}$ satisfying $\sum_{k& lt;2^sN/m}{\sigma}_{1,i}(dk;2){\sigma}_{1,j}(2^sN-mk;2)=\frac{1}{u}[a{\sigma}_3(N)+bN{\sigma}_1(N)+c{\sigma}_1(N)]$ with $a+b+c=0$ and ($u,a,b,c$) = 1(Theorem 1.1). We also give an elementary problem (O) and solve special cases of them in (O) (Corollary 3.27).