English

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 x2x\ge 2, NxN_x denotes the product of the primes less or equal than xx, γ\gamma is the Euler constant and φ\varphi 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.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.2509.11182,
  title  = {On the verification of a Nicolas inequality},
  author = {Orlando Galdames-Bravo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.11182},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

10 pages