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We give a closed-form expression for $\varphi(1+\varphi(2+\varphi(3+...+\varphi(n)$, where $\varphi$ is Euler's totient function. More generally, for an integer sequence $A=\{a_j\}$ we study the value of…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-01-22 Luis Palacios Vela , Christian Wolird

Lehmer's totient problem asks whether there exists any composite number $n$ such that $\varphi(n) \, \mid \, (n-1)$, where $\varphi$ is Euler totient function. It is known that if any such $n$ exists, it must be Carmichael and $n >…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-06-23 Manuel Norman

A sharper estimate for the summatory Euler phi function $\sum_{n \leq x} \varphi(n)$ is presented in this work. It improves the established estimate in the current mathematical literature. In addition, an estimate for its reciprocal…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2017-07-27 N. A. Carella

Let phi(n) denote the Euler totient function. We study the analytic part associated with the summatory function of sigma_1(n) and obtain explicit bounds under the Riemann Hypothesis. In particular, we establish an upper bound of order…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-01-19 Hideto Iwata

In this short, we study sums of the shape $\sum_{n\leqslant x}{f([x/n])}/{[x/n]},$ where $f$ is Euler totient function $\varphi$, Dedekind function $\Psi$, sum-of-divisors function $\sigma$ or the alternating sum-of-divisors function…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-09-08 Jing Ma , Huayan Sun

We propose a lower estimation for computing quantity of the inverses of Euler's function. We answer the question about the multiplicity of $m$ in the equation $\varphi(x) = m$ \cite{Ford}. An analytic expression for exact multiplicity of $m…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-02-26 Ruslan Skuratovskii

Paul Erdos and Carl Pomerance have proofs on an asymptotic upper bound on the number of preimages of Euler's totient function $\phi$ and the sum-of-divisors functions $\sigma$. In this paper, we will extend the upper bound to the number of…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-01-09 Agbolade Patrick Akande

An important unsolved question in number theory is the Lehmer's totient problem that asks whether there exists any composite number $n$ such that $\varphi(n)\mid n-1$, where $\varphi$ is the Euler's totient function. It is known that if any…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2021-10-27 Marius Tărnăuceanu

In this paper, we introduce and develop the notion of spanning of integers along functions $f:\mathbb{N}\longrightarrow \mathbb{R}$. We apply this method to a class of problems that requires to determine if the equations of the form…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2026-03-12 Theophilus Agama

Motivated by studies in accelerator physics this paper computes the asymptotic behavior of the series $\displaystyle \sum_{k=1}^N \varphi(k) I_N\left(\frac{1}{k}\right)$, where $\varphi(k)$ is Euler's Totient function and $\displaystyle…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2014-07-30 R. Tomas

We propose a generic algorithm for computing the inverses of a multiplicative function under the assumption that the set of inverses is finite. More generally, our algorithm can compute certain functions of the inverses, such as their power…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2016-05-18 Max A. Alekseyev

In this paper we study the variance of the Euler totient function (normalized to $\varphi(n)/n$) in the integers $\mathbb{Z}$ and in the polynomial ring $\mathbb{F}_q[T]$ over a finite field $\mathbb{F}_q$. It turns out that in…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-06-14 Tom van Overbeeke

Let $\phi(\cdot)$ and $\sigma(\cdot)$ denote the Euler function and the sum of divisors function, respectively. In this paper, we give a lower bound for the number of positive integers $m\le x$ for which the equation $m=n-\phi(n)$ has no…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 William D. Banks , Florian Luca

Let $M(x)$ denote the largest cardinality of a subset of $\{n \in \mathbf{N}: n \leq x\}$ on which the Euler totient function $\varphi(n)$ is non-decreasing. We show that $M(x) = (1+O(\frac{(\log\log x)^5}{\log x})) \pi(x)$ for all $x \geq…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-04-09 Terence Tao

A composite number $n$ is called a Lehmer number when $\phi(n) | n - 1$, where $\phi$ is the Euler totient function. Lehmer's totient problem asks if there exist any composite numbers $n$ such that $\phi(n)| n-1$? No such numbers are known.…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2015-10-26 Gholam Reza Pourgholi , Hendrik Van Maldeghem

Based on elementary methods and techniques, the explicit formula for the generalized Euler function $\varphi_{e}(n)(e=8,12)$ is given, and then a sufficient and necessary condition for $\varphi_{8}(n)$ or $\varphi_{12}(n)$ to be odd is…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-12-24 Shichun Yang , Qunying Liao , Shan Du , Huili Wang

We provide a uniform bound on the partial sums of multiplicative functions under very general hypotheses. As an application, we give a nearly optimal estimate for the count of $n \le x$ for which the Alladi-Erd\H{o}s function $A(n) =…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-08-13 Paul Pollack , Akash Singha Roy

Let $b>1$ be an odd positive integer and $k, l \in \mathbb{N}$. In this paper, we show that every positive rational number can be written as $\varphi(m^{2})/(\varphi(n^{2}))^{b}$ and $\varphi(k(m^{2}-1))/\varphi(ln^{2})$, where $m, n\in…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-02-26 Weilin Zhang , Fengyuan Chen , Hongjian Li , Pingzhi Yuan

Assuming the validity of Dickson's conjecture, we show that the set $\mathcal{V}$ of values of the Euler's totient function $\varphi$ contains arbitrarily large arithmetic progressions with common difference 4. This leads to the question of…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-03-02 Jean-Marc Deshouillers , Pramod Eyyunni , Sanoli Gun

Let $A(s) = \sum_n a_n n^{-s}$ be a Dirichlet series admitting meromorphic continuation to the complex plane. Assume we know the location of the poles of $A(s)$ with $|\Im s| \leq T$, and their residues, for some large constant $T$. It is…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-12-18 Andrés Chirre , Harald Andrés Helfgott