A Divisor Function Inequality

2009/12/09 by Carella, N. A.
#11A25 #11A41 #11M06 #FOS: Mathematics #Number Theory (math.NT)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0912.1866

Abstract

This short note provides a sharper upper bound of a well known inequality for the sum of divisors function. This is a problem in pure mathematics related to the distribution of prime numbers. Furthermore, the technique is completely elementary.

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