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Square roots and prime numbers
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Here I present a novel conjecture using basic mathematical tools like the sum of the
divisors of an integer $n$ called $\sigma(n)$, the sum of the squares of the positive divisors of n ...
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Minimum value of a function involving the divisor counting function
Fix any positive integer $n\in\mathbb{Z}^+,$ and consider the function $f_n : \mathbb{Z}^+\setminus\{n\}\to\mathbb{Z}^+$ given by $$f_n(t)=\sigma_0(n)+\sigma_0(t)-2\sigma_0(\gcd(n, t)),$$ where $\...
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Power of primes
$n$ is a natural number $>1$, $\varphi(n)$ denotes the Euler's totient function, $P_n$ is the $n^\text{th}$ prime number and $\sigma(n)$ is the sum of the divisors of $n$. Consider the expression:
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Are there infinite numbers of the form $\sigma_1(n)=\sigma_1(m)=p$, or is there only one?
I put forward a hypothesis in number theory, it is as follows.$ \sigma_1(n)=\sigma_1(m)=p$, where $\sigma_1$ is the divisor sum function, $n,m\in \mathbb N$, and $p$ is prime. I recently noticed and ...
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Arithmetic billiards, prime numbers and the Goldbach conjecture
I've edited the following post on Mathematics Stack Exchange, (now closed, at that date I'm suspended) with identifier 4510963, please let me to know if you've some doubt or I can improve the post.
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Number of distinct near-squares primes dividing an odd perfect number
I'm curious about if the following question is in the literature or what work can be done about it.
Denote the number of distinct primes dividing an odd perfect number $N$ with the arithmetic function ...
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A definition related to pseudoprimes and the Dedekind psi function
In this post we consider that $\psi(k)$ denotes the Dedekind psi function. Wikipedia has an artcle dedicated to this arithmetic function Dedekind psi function defined for a positive integers $m>1$ ...
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Analogue of Fermat's little theorem for Bernoulli numbers
Is the following analogue of Fermat's Little Theorem for Bernoulli numbers true?
Let $D_{2n}$ be the denominator of $\frac{B_{2n}}{4n}$ where $B_n$ is
the $n$-th Bernoulli number. If $\gcd(a, D_{2n}) ...
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How to compute/estimate the least $k$ such that there exist $n$ consecutive integers each having a prime factor $\le k$?
Let $a_n$ be the least integer $k$ such that there exist $n$ consecutive integers each with a prime factor $\le k$. For example, $a_{13} \le 11$ because the 13 consecutive integers $114,115,\ldots,126$...
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Behavior of biggest prime divisor of $n$ as $n$ grows large
Let $P\subseteq \mathbb{N}$ be the set of primes, and for any integer $n>1$ let $L(n) = \max\{p \in P: p \mid n\}$ be the largest prime divisor of $n$. Moreover, for $n \in \mathbb{N}$ with $n>1$...
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Generalized Thomas Ordowski conjecture at OEIS sequence A002326
OEIS is the online encyclopedia of integer sequences, Here is the link to the sequence $A002326$: https://oeis.org/A002326
For $n\geq 0$, the $n$th term in the sequence is defined as: $a(n)$ equals ...
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Is the factorization of $a_m-a_n$ affected by the fact that $\Sigma \frac{1}{a_k}<+\infty$?
I would like to ask the following.
Let $(a_n)$ be a sequence of natural numbers such that
$\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\frac{1}{a_k}$ converges. Is it true that for
infinitely many $m$, there is a $n<m$ ...
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If $n = 18k+5$ is composite, there are at least 9 divisors of $\phi(n)$ which do not divide $n-1$
If $n$ is a composite of the form $18k+5$, there at least 9 divisors of $\phi(n)$ which do not divide $n-1$. Is this true in general or if not, what is the smallest counter example? The conjecture has ...
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Smooth integers with lower bound on $\omega(n)$
Define $(b,c)$-smooth integers to be integers having all prime factors bigger than $c$ and smaller than $b$.
Probability a number is $(b,1)$-smooth is governed by the Dickman function while ...
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The asymptotic of $|\{1\leq n\leq x|\gcd(n,S(n))=1\}|$, with $S(n)$ the sum of remainders, and get idea for other miscellany problem
Let $n\geq 1$ be an integer. In this post we denote the sum of remainders function as $$S(n)=\sum_{k=1}^n n \bmod k,$$ for example $S(1)=S(2)=0+0$ and $S(5)=0+1+2+1+0=4$. In the literature there are ...
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Expressing the Riemann Zeta function in terms of GCD and LCM
Is the following claim true: Let $\zeta(s)$ be the Riemann zeta function. I observed that as for large $n$, as $s$ increased,
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\frac{1}{n}\sum_{k = 1}^n\sum_{i = 1}^{k} \bigg(\frac{\gcd(k,i)}{\...
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Is every prime the largest prime factor in some prime gap?
Definition: In the gap between any two consecutive odd primes we have one or more composite numbers. One of these composite number will have a prime factor which is greater than that of any other ...
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Equations involving arithmetic functions of primorials
Let $\sigma(n)=\sum_{1\leq d\mid n}d$ the sum of divisors, $\varphi(n)$ the Euler's totient function and we denote the primorial $\prod_{k=1}^n p_k$ as $N_n$, where $p_k$ denotes the $k$-th prime ...
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On characterizations for Mersenne primes involving the sum of divisor function
In this post we denote the sum of positive divisors function of an integer $n\geq 1$ as $$\sigma(n)=\sum_{1\leq d\mid n}d.$$
Then a prime of the form $2^p-1$ is called a Mersenne prime. These are ...
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On a problem that equates $\frac{\text{prime}-1}{\operatorname{rad}(\text{prime}-1)}$ with the sequence of primorials
We denote for integers $m>1$ the product of the distinct prime numbers dividing $m$ as $$\operatorname{rad}(m)=\prod_{\substack{p\mid m\\p\text{ prime}}}p,$$
with the definition $\operatorname{rad}(...
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An attempt to get a variant of Agoh–Giuga conjecture
The idea of this post is an attempt to explore a variant of the so-called Agoh–Giuga conjecture. In past days, and today, I tried to think about variants of this conjecture exploring congruences about ...
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Queries on distribution of prime divisors by magnitude?
Erdos-Kac law state a typical number of magnitude $n$ has $\log\log n$ prime factors and we know probability of square free integers is $\frac{6}{\pi^2}$.
What is the probability distribution of ...
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Magnitude and distribution of largest prime factor?
Erdos-Kac law state a typical number of magnitude $n$ has $\log\log n$ prime factors.
What is magnitude and distribution of largest prime factor of typical magnitude $n$ natural number?
What is ...
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How to obtain an upper bound for $\prod_{p\mid N} (1 + 1/\sqrt{p})$ where $N$ is square free?
I am interested in obtaining an upper bound for $\prod_{p|N} (1 + 1/\sqrt{p})$ when $N$ is squarefree. It's not too hard to show that
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\prod_{p\mid N} (1 + 1/\sqrt{p}) \ll C^{\omega(N)} \ll N^{\...
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On sets of coprime integers in intervals
Briefly,
Question: Is it "good enough" to use least prime factor in choosing a maximal set of coprime integers in an interval?
The post title comes from a 1993 paper of Erdos and Sarkozy. They ...
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Prove A Skipping Prime Conjecture For Rio?
I am writing a paper to accompany a Short Communication I plan to give in Rio this August. The paper regards work on jumping primes, a project on which Jose Brox has been working with me. I was going ...
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On certain number theoretic sextuples?
Given small parameters $0<\epsilon<\epsilon'$ is there an $n_\epsilon>0$ such that at every $n>n_\epsilon$ if we are given a prime $n^2<p<2n^2$ then can we always find integers $a,b,...
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Friable Numbers In Short Intervals: Density Estimates?
I am hoping for explicit numerical estimates like the following sample (with made up numbers, though it might be true): for every $n \gt 10^6$ and every $b$ with $b^2 \lt n \lt b^3$, the number of ...
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Does the Prime Number Theorem have anything to do with Erdos-Kac law or vice versa?
The prime number theorem says on average we can find $\frac n{\log n}$ primes of magnitude $n$.
Erdos-Kac law state a typical number of magnitude $n$ has $\log\log n$ primes.
Somehow the fact $e^{\...
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Iterations of $2^{n-1}+5$: the strong law of small numbers, or something bigger?
I've discovered what I believe is a quite remarkable sequence (A318970), defined by
$$n_1 = 3,\qquad n_{k+1} = 2^{n_k-1}+5\quad(k\geq 1).$$
Here are the first four terms with their prime ...
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On comparing two almost injective divisor maps
Edit 2018.08.08 This answer https://mathoverflow.net/a/307881 will be updated to give recent information about S, especially a forthcoming preprint. End Edit 2018.08.08
In an introductory post on ...
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There at least 4 divisors of $n-1$ which do not divide $\phi(n)$ if $n$ is a composite of the form $6k+1$
If $n$ is composite then $\phi(n) < n-1$ (Euler's totient function) hence there must be one or more divisors of $n-1$ which do not divide $\phi(n)$. For lack of a better terminology, let us call ...
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What is the relative size of the radical of an ABC-triple relative to the number of primes up to its largest element?
Write $\bf N$ for the set of natural numbers, and $P$ for the set of primes. For $x$ in $\bf N$ let $p(x)$ be the product of the primes dividing $x$ (that is, the "radical" of $x$). Also write $\#(x)$ ...
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Are there infinitely many $k$ for which $\frac{\sigma(k)}{k}=n^p$ and $p$ is an odd prime? [closed]
I would like to know if there are infinitely many $k$ for which $$\sigma(k)/k=n^p$$ such that $m=k{n}^{p-1}$ with $m,n>0$ and $p$ is an odd prime?
Note: $\sigma(\frac{m}{{n}^{p-1}})$ is the sum of ...
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Is anything like $\phi(n)>\dfrac n{e^\gamma\log\log n},\ \sigma(n)<e^\gamma n\log\log n$ known/conjectured for the generalizations of these functions?
Is anything like $\dfrac n{\phi(n)}<\dfrac{\sigma(n)}n<e^\gamma\log\log n$ known/conjectured for the generalizations of these functions?
Let $n=p_1^{a_1}\cdots p_t^{a_t}$ be the canonical prime ...
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Cardinality of the prime divisor set of a k-power sum
Let $a_{1},\dots,a_{n}$ be positive natural numbers ($n>2$) such that $a_{i}\neq a_{j}$ if $i\neq j$. I want to prove that
$$ \left\lvert \left\{ p \text{ prime} \; : \; p \mid \sum_{i=1}^n a_{i}^{...
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Is there a formula that can predict the primes in the sequence of ratios of consecutive superior highly composite numbers? : $2, 3, 2, 5, 2, 3, 7,...$
This is the sequence of prime numbers which are the elementary building blocks for the superior highly composite numbers:
$2, 3, 2, 5, 2, 3, 7, 2, 11, 13, 2, 3, 5, 17, 19, 2, 23, ...$
The $n^{th}$ ...
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Does iterating a certain function related to the sums of divisors eventually always result in a prime value?
Let define the following function for integers (from 2): $f(x)=\sigma(x)-1$, where $\sigma$ is the sum of the divisors of $x$.
For example $f(6)=6+3+2=11$, $f(5)=5$.
Note that $x$ is a fixed point for ...
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A question concerning the strange arithmetic derivation
This question is related to Strange (or stupid) arithmetic derivation. The original question whether an unbounded sequence of iterates exists is still unanswered.
$$n=\prod_{i=1}^{k}p_i^{\alpha_i} \...
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Determine whether if $n$ is a primitive pseudoperfect (semiperfect) number, then $\sigma(n)<2^{\sigma_0(n)}$
Determine whether if $n$ is a primitive pseudoperfect (semiperfect) number, then $\sigma(n)<2^{\sigma_0(n)}$.
$\sigma_k(n)$ is the division function and $\sigma(n)=\sigma_1(n)$. A number is ...
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Strange (or stupid) arithmetic derivation
Let us consider the following operation on positive integers: $$n=\prod_{i=1}^{k}p_i^{\alpha_i} \qquad f(n):= \prod_{i=1}^{k}\alpha_ip_i^{\alpha_i-1}$$ (Is it true that if we apply this operation to ...
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Finding primes using Euler's sum of divisors recurrence relation
Euler came up with following recurrence relation for the sum of divisors (refer to http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0411587)
$$\sigma(n) = \sigma(n−1) + \sigma(n−2) − \sigma(n−5) − \sigma(n−7) \dots$$
Since ...
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Why do primes dislike dividing the sum of all the preceding primes?
I was investigating primes with the property that the sum of the first $n$ primes is divisible by $p_n$. It turns out that these primes are extremely extremely rare. For primes less than $10^9$, I ...
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Estimate about primes
Can anyone give an estimate (upper bound or lower bound) for the number of divisors $d\mid P_r$ such that $\frac{\sqrt{P_r}}{2}< d < \sqrt{P_r}$, where $P_r$ is the product of the $r$ smallest ...
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