On the average number of subgroups of the group $\Z_m \times \Z_n$

Werner Georg Nowak, László Tóth

Published 2013-07-04Version 1

Let $\Z_m$ be the group of residue classes modulo $m$. Let $s(m,n)$ and $c(m,n)$ denote the total number of subgroups of the group $\Z_m \times \Z_n$ and the number of its cyclic subgroups, respectively, where $m$ and $n$ are arbitrary positive integers. We derive asymptotic formulas for the sums $\sum_{m,n\le x} s(m,n)$, $\sum_{m,n\le x} c(m,n)$ and for the corresponding sums restricted to $\gcd(m,n)>1$, i.e., concerning the groups $\Z_m \times \Z_n$ having rank two.