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Translation from the Latin of Euler's "Observatio de summis divisorum" (1752). E243 in the Enestroem index. The pentagonal number theorem is that $\prod_{n=1}^\infty (1-x^n)=\sum_{n=-\infty}^\infty (-1)^n x^{n(3n-1)/2}$. This paper assumes…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2009-07-18 Leonhard Euler , Jordan Bell

Let u(n) be the n-th term of a Lucas sequence or a Lehmer sequence.In this article we shall establish an estimate from below for the greatest prime factor of u(n) which is of the form nexp(logn/104loglogn). In so doing we are able to…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2010-08-10 C. L. Stewart

Let $\Delta(x)$ denote the error term in the Dirichlet divisor problem, and $E(T)$ the error term in the asymptotic formula for the mean square of $|\zeta(1/2+it)|$. If $E^*(t) = E(t) - 2\pi\Delta^*(t/2\pi)$ with $\Delta^*(x) = -\Delta(x) +…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2013-10-22 Aleksandar Ivić

Let $\Delta(x)$ denote the error term in the Dirichlet divisor problem, and $E(T)$ the error term in the asymptotic formula for the mean square of $|\zeta(1/2+it)|$. If $E^*(t) = E(t) - 2\pi\Delta^*(t/2\pi)$ with $\Delta^*(x) = -\Delta(x) +…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2008-11-06 Aleksandar Ivic

In one of his posthumous papers, conserved in G\"ottingen, Riemann considers the derivatives of $\log\zeta(s)$ at the point $1/2$, giving explicit values for them. Around 2010 we shared Riemann's value of the second derivative with some…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2026-05-28 J. Arias de Reyna

In this article, we establish an additive decomposition of the discrete zeta function (for $s \in \mathbb{N}^*$, $s > 1$), more precisely of the function $4(\zeta(s)-1)$, as a series whose general term is of the form $1/x_n(s) + 1/y_n(s) +…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-05-14 Philemon Urbain Mballa

This paper is closely related to the recent work [BW17] of the same authors and our purpose is to elaborate more on some of the results and methods from [BW17]. More specifically our goal is two-fold. Firstly, we will indicate how a simple…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-07-18 Jean Bourgain , Nigel Watt

In this note, we present a substantial improvement on the computational complexity of the Erd\"{o}s-Szekeres partitioning problem and review recent works on dynamic \textsf{LIS}.

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-11-24 Michael Mitzenmacher , Saeed Seddighin

By simple elementary method,we obtain with ease,a highly simple expression for the remainder term of the divisor problem and use it to obtain an Euler-Maclaurin analogue of summation involving divisor function.We also obtain a relation…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2008-09-13 Vivek V. Rane

We consider the upper bound of Piltz divisor problem over number fields. Piltz divisor problem is known as a generalization of the Dirichlet divisor problem. We deal with this problem over number fields and improve the error term of this…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-10-30 Wataru Takeda

We study the following variant of the Erd\H{o}s distance problem. Given $E$ and $F$ a point sets in $\mathbb{R}^d$ and $p = (p_1, \ldots, p_q)$ with $p_1+ \cdots + p_q = d$ is an increasing partition of $d$ define $$ B_p(E,F)=\{(|x_1-y_1|,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-12-13 Alex Iosevich , Maria Janczak , Jonathan Passant

Summing the values of the real portion of the logarithmic integral of n^rho, where rho is one of a consecutive series of zeros of the Riemann zeta function, reveals an unexpected periodicity to the sum. This is the cycle problem.

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2007-12-07 David D. Baugh

This paper investigates the Erd\H{o}s distinct subset sums problem in $\mathbb{Z}^k$. Beyond the classical variance method, using alternative statistical quantities like $\mathbb{E}[\|X\|_1]$ and $\mathbb{E}[\|X\|_3^3]$ can yield better…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-10-08 Zijie Gu

A covering system is a finite collection of arithmetic progressions whose union is the set of integers. The study of these objects was initiated by Erd\H{o}s in 1950, and over the following decades he asked many questions about them. Most…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-11-04 Paul Balister , Béla Bollobás , Robert Morris , Julian Sahasrabudhe , Marius Tiba

We show that the equation phi(a)=\sigma(b) has infinitely many solutions, where phi is Euler's totient function and sigma is the sum-of-divisors function. This proves a 50-year old conjecture of Erdos. Moreover, we show that there are…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2014-02-26 Kevin Ford , Florian Luca , Carl Pomerance

Let $d_1 = 1 < d_2 < d_3 < \cdots < d_{\tau(n)} = n$ denote the increasing sequence of the divisors of a positive integer $n$. In this paper, for real or complex values of $\alpha$, we define and study some properties of two new divisor…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2025-09-16 Brahim Mittou

Some Goedel centenary reflections on whether incompleteness is really serious, and whether mathematics should be done somewhat differently, based on using algorithmic complexity measured in bits of information. [Enriques lecture given…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2007-05-23 G. J. Chaitin

We survey the history and recent developments around two decades-old problems that continue to attract a great deal of interest: the slicing $\times 2$, $\times 3$ conjecture of H. Furstenberg in ergodic theory, and the distance set problem…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2024-08-19 Pablo Shmerkin

Let $F(x)$ be an irreducible polynomial with integer coefficients and degree at least 2. For $x\ge z\ge y\ge 2$, denote by $H_F(x, y, z)$ the number of integers $n\le x$ such that $F(n)$ has at least one divisor $d$ with $y<d\le z$. We…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-07-05 Kevin Ford , Guoyou Qian

For a finite sequence of positive integers $A=\{a_j\}_{j=1}^{k},$ we prove a recursion for divisor function $\sigma_{x}^{(A)}(n)=\sum_{d|n,\enskip d\in A}d^x.$ As a corollary, we give an affirmative solution of the problem posed in 1969 by…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2009-03-24 Vladimir Shevelev