Proofs, generalizations and analogs of Menon's identity: A survey Dedicated to my
father, László Gy. Tóth, high school mathematics teacher, on the occasion of his 90th
birthday
Menon’s identity states that for every positive integer n one has ∑ (a − 1, n) = φ
(n)τ(n), where a runs through a reduced residue system (mod n), (a − 1, n) stands
for the greatest common divisor of a − 1 and n, φ(n) is Euler’s totient function,
and τ(n) is the number of divisors of n. Menon’s identity has been the subject of
many research papers, also in the last years. We present detailed, self contained
proofs of this identity by using different methods, and point out those that we could
not identify in the literature. We survey the generalizations and analogs, and overview
the results and proofs given by Menon in his original paper. Some historical remarks
and an updated list of references are included as well.