Sigma Function
In mathematics, by sigma function one can mean one of the following: * The sum-of-divisors function σ''a''(''n''), an arithmetic function * Weierstrass sigma function, related to elliptic functions * Rado's sigma function, see busy beaver See also sigmoid function A sigmoid function is a mathematical function having a characteristic "S"-shaped curve or sigmoid curve. A common example of a sigmoid function is the logistic function shown in the first figure and defined by the formula: :S(x) = \frac = \ ...

Divisor Function
In mathematics, and specifically in number theory, a divisor function is an arithmetic function related to the divisors of an integer. When referred to as ''the'' divisor function, it counts the ''number of divisors of an integer'' (including 1 and the number itself). It appears in a number of remarkable identities, including relationships on the Riemann zeta function and the Eisenstein series of modular forms. Divisor functions were studied by Ramanujan, who gave a number of important congruences and identities; these are treated separately in the article Ramanujan's sum. A related function is the divisor summatory function, which, as the name implies, is a sum over the divisor function. Definition The sum of positive divisors function σ''z''(''n''), for a real or complex number ''z'', is defined as the sum of the ''z''th powers of the positive divisors of ''n''. It can be expressed in sigma notation as :\sigma_z(n)=\sum_ d^z\,\! , where is shorthand for "''d'' ...
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Weierstrass Sigma Function
In mathematics, the Weierstrass functions are special functions of a complex variable that are auxiliary to the Weierstrass elliptic function. They are named for Karl Weierstrass. The relation between the sigma, zeta, and \wp functions is analogous to that between the sine, cotangent, and squared cosecant functions: the logarithmic derivative of the sine is the cotangent, whose derivative is negative the squared cosecant. Weierstrass sigma function The Weierstrass sigma function associated to a two-dimensional lattice \Lambda\subset\Complex is defined to be the product : \begin \operatorname&=z\prod_ \left(1-\frac\right) e^ \\ &=z\prod_^\infty \left(1-\frac\right) e^ \end where \Lambda^ denotes \Lambda-\ or \ are a ''fundamental pair of periods''. Through careful manipulation of the Weierstrass factorization theorem as it relates also to the sine function, another potentially more manageable infinite product definition is : \operatorname=\frace^\sin\prod_^\infty\left(1-\frac ...
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