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Malcolm Tan Jun Xi

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arXiv2026

On the Asymptotic Density of a GCD-based Map

We show that the symmetry of \[f\left(a,b\right)=\frac{\operatorname{gcd}\left(ab,a+b\right)}{\operatorname{gcd}\left(a,b\right)}\] stems from an $\operatorname{SL}_2\left(\mathbb{Z}\right)$ action on primitive pairs and that all solutions to $f\left(a,b\right)=n$ admit a uniform three-parameter description -- recovering arithmetic-progression families via the Chinese remainder theorem when $n$ is squarefree. It shows that the density of pairs with $f\left(a,b\right)=1$ tends to $\prod_p\left(1-p^{-2}(p+1)^{-1}\right)\approx0.88151$, and that its higher-order analogue $f_r$ has a limiting density $6/π^2$ for $r\ge2$.

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arXiv2026

On the Limiting Density of a gcd Map

The function \[f(a,b)=\frac{\gcd(a+b,ab)}{\gcd(a,b)}\] is of interest in this paper. We then ask a natural question regarding how often $f(a,b)=1$ is. We yield the limiting density $ρ=\prod_{p}\left(1-\frac{1}{p^2(p+1)}\right)\approx 0.88151$ which is an Euler product that unexpectedly matches the quadratic class number constant from the theory of real quadratic fields. We also consider its higher-order analogue $f_r$, where the problem collapses to coprimality and the density becomes $1/ζ(2)=6/π^2$.

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