On the verification of a Nicolas inequality
Number Theory
2025-10-28 v7 Dynamical Systems
Abstract
Nicolas inequality we deal can be written as \begin{equation}\label{Nicineq} e^\gamma \log\log N_x < \dfrac{N_x}{\varphi(N_x)}\,, \end{equation} where , denotes the product of the primes less or equal than , is the Euler constant and is the Euler totient function. We see that verification of such an inequality depends on the sign of the big-O function in the Mertens estimate for the sum of reciprocals of primes that. Then we analyze the sign of such an error term.
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@article{arxiv.2509.11182,
title = {On the verification of a Nicolas inequality},
author = {Orlando Galdames-Bravo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.11182},
year = {2025}
}
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