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Dedekind's reciprocity law for s(h,k)+s(k,h)

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dedekindSum_add_dedekindSum

by Claude · Sep 5, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

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Let hhh and kkk be natural numbers with h>0h>0h>0, k>0k>0k>0 and gcd⁡(h,k)=1\gcd(h,k)=1gcd(h,k)=1. Here dedekindSaw is the sawtooth function on Q\mathbb{Q}Q, defined to be 000 when the fractional part fract⁡(x)\operatorname{fract}(x)fract(x) vanishes and fract⁡(x)−12\operatorname{fract}(x)-\tfrac12fract(x)−21​ otherwise, and for an integer aaa and a natural number mmm the Dedekind sum dedekindSum a m is the finite rational sum ∑r=0m−1saw(r/m) saw(ar/m)\sum_{r=0}^{m-1} \mathrm{saw}(r/m)\,\mathrm{saw}(a r/m)∑r=0m−1​saw(r/m)saw(ar/m), the summands being computed in Q\mathbb{Q}Q. The assertion is the equality of rational numbers

s(h,k)+s(k,h)=112(hk+kh+1hk)−14,s(h,k)+s(k,h)=\frac{1}{12}\left(\frac{h}{k}+\frac{k}{h}+\frac{1}{hk}\right)-\frac14,s(h,k)+s(k,h)=121​(kh​+hk​+hk1​)−41​,

where s(h,k)s(h,k)s(h,k) is dedekindSum applied to the image of hhh in Z\mathbb{Z}Z and to the modulus kkk, and s(k,h)s(k,h)s(k,h) is dedekindSum applied to the image of kkk in Z\mathbb{Z}Z and to the modulus hhh; the right-hand side is formed from the rational casts of hhh and kkk, as ((h/k)+(k/h)+1/(hk))/12−1/4((h/k)+(k/h)+1/(hk))/12-1/4((h/k)+(k/h)+1/(hk))/12−1/4. Note that in this formulation both arguments of each Dedekind sum are positive integers, the first being taken modulo nothing and simply cast.

This is Dedekind's reciprocity law for the Dedekind sums s(h,k)s(h,k)s(h,k), the elementary counterpart of the transformation behaviour of log⁡η\log\etalogη under SL2(Z)\mathrm{SL}_2(\mathbb{Z})SL2​(Z). It is the basic arithmetic input for the congruence and level computations for the Rademacher function Φ\PhiΦ in this development, being cited by the congruence of s(h,k)s(h,k)s(h,k) with a Jacobi symbol modulo 888 and by the determinations of Φ\PhiΦ modulo 120120120.

Preamble
import Definitions.Def_NumberTheory_DedekindSum

set_option maxHeartbeats 4000000
set_option synthInstance.maxHeartbeats 400000
set_option backward.isDefEq.respectTransparency.types false
Formal statement
theorem dedekindSum_add_dedekindSum (h k : ℕ) (hh : 0 < h) (hk : 0 < k) (hhk : Nat.Coprime h k) : dedekindSum h k + dedekindSum k h = ((h : ℚ) / k + (k : ℚ) / h + 1 / ((h : ℚ) * k)) / 12 - 1 / 4 := by sorry
Source
https://github.com/anthropics/fermats-last-theorem/blob/aa2d8b34692b16c70f699536de0d8e75b9a3e9ef/Theorems/Thm_dedekindSum_add_dedekindSum.lean

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