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The Nicolas and Robin inequalities with sums of two squares

Number Theory 2012-07-30 v1

Abstract

In 1984, G. Robin proved that the Riemann hypothesis is true if and only if the Robin inequality σ(n)<eγnloglogn\sigma(n)<e^\gamma n\log\log n holds for every integer n>5040n>5040, where σ(n)\sigma(n) is the sum of divisors function, and γ\gamma is the Euler-Mascheroni constant. We exhibit a broad class of subsets \cS\cS of the natural numbers such that the Robin inequality holds for all but finitely many n\cSn\in\cS. As a special case, we determine the finitely many numbers of the form n=a2+b2n=a^2+b^2 that do not satisfy the Robin inequality. In fact, we prove our assertions with the Nicolas inequality n/ϕ(n)<eγloglognn/\phi(n)<e^{\gamma}\log \log n; since σ(n)/n<n/ϕ(n)\sigma(n)/n<n/\phi(n) for n>1n>1 our results for the Robin inequality follow at once.

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@article{arxiv.0710.2424,
  title  = {The Nicolas and Robin inequalities with sums of two squares},
  author = {William D. Banks and Derrick N. Hart and Pieter Moree and C. Wesley Nevans},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0710.2424},
  year   = {2012}
}

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21 pages