Sum of subgroup indexes

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This article defines an arithmetic function on groups
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Definition

Let be a finite group. The sum of subgroup indices of is the sum:

In other words, it is the sum, over all subgroup of , of the index of that subgroup.

Equivalently it can be defined as:

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