Robin's theorem, primes, and a new elementary reformulation of the Riemann Hypothesis
Number Theory
2012-01-16 v2 History and Overview
Abstract
For n>1, let G(n)=\sigma(n)/(n log log n), where \sigma(n) is the sum of the divisors of n. We prove that the Riemann Hypothesis is true if and only if 4 is the only composite number N satisfying G(N) \ge \max(G(N/p),G(aN)), for all prime factors p of N and all multiples aN of N. The proof uses Robin's and Gronwall's theorems on G(n). An alternate proof of one step depends on two properties of superabundant numbers proved using Alaoglu and Erd\H{o}s's results.
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@article{arxiv.1110.5078,
title = {Robin's theorem, primes, and a new elementary reformulation of the Riemann Hypothesis},
author = {Geoffrey Caveney and Jean-Louis Nicolas and Jonathan Sondow},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.5078},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
11 pages, 1 table, clarified Proposition 4, added reference 4