grandes-ecoles 2020 Q40
Properties and Manipulation of Power Series or Formal Series
We assume that $\lambda$ is a real distinct from 1 and we set $w = \frac{1}{\lambda - 1}$. We further set $\mathbf{f} = (1 + w)\delta - w\mathbf{1}$. We denote $\log_2$ the logarithm function in base 2, defined by $\log_2(x) = \frac{\ln(x)}{\ln(2)}$ for all real $x > 0$.
Show that, for $s$ real sufficiently large,
$$\frac{1}{L_{\mathbf{f}}(s)} = 1 + \sum_{m=2}^{\infty} m^{-s} \sum_{k=1}^{\lfloor \log_2 m \rfloor} w^k D_k(m)$$
where $D_k(m)$ is the number of ways to decompose the integer $m$ into a product of $k$ factors greater than or equal to 2, the order of these factors being important.