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The security of the RSA cryptosystem is based on the intractability of computing Euler's totient function phi(n) for large integers n. Although deriving phi(n) deterministically remains computationally infeasible for cryptographically…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-07-10 Gilda Rech Bansimba , Regis F. Babindamana , Beni Blaug N. Ibara

Let $ x\geq 1 $ be a large number, let $ [x]=x-\{x\} $ be the largest integer function, and let $ \varphi(n)$ be the Euler totient function. The asymptotic formula for the new finite sum over the primes $ \sum_{p\leq…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2021-07-02 N. A. Carella

We show that for some $k\le 3570$ and all $k$ with $442720643463713815200|k$, the equation $\phi(n)=\phi(n+k)$ has infinitely many solutions $n$, where $\phi$ is Euler's totient function. We also show that for a positive proportion of all…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-07-05 Kevin Ford

We establish the average-case hardness of the algorithmic problem of exact computation of the partition function associated with the Sherrington-Kirkpatrick model of spin glasses with Gaussian couplings and random external field. In…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-09-19 David Gamarnik , Eren Kizildag

In this article, we present relations for the Euler totient function $\varphi(n)$ and the number of divisors $\tau(n)$ in terms of finite sums of integer parts of rational numbers or greatest common divisors of pairs of integers. Some of…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-05-14 Jean-Christophe Pain

In a previous paper, we have shown that any Boolean formula can be encoded as a linear programming problem in the framework of Bayesian probability theory. When applied to NP-complete algorithms, this leads to the fundamental conclusion…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2012-12-21 Michel Feldmann

In 1963, Edward Spence published a proof of the following With $\phi$ being Euler totient function, if $n>1$ is an integer, and if \begin{equation*} 0<a_1<\cdots<a_{\phi(n)}<n, \end{equation*} are the positive integers less than $n$,…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-01-30 Steven Brown

We present some Euler-type recurrences for the partition function $p(n)$.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-11-26 Yuriy Choliy , Louis W. Kolitsch , Andrew V. Sills

We prove that for a positive integer a the integer sequence P(n) satisfying for all n, -infty<n<infty, the recurrence P(n)=a+P(n-phi(a)), phi(a) the Euler function, generates in increasing order all integers P(n) coprime to a.The finite…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2014-02-05 Constantin M. Petridi

In this note, we provide refined estimates of the following sums involving the Euler totient function: $$\sum_{n\le x} \phi\left(\left[\frac{x}{n}\right]\right) \qquad \text{and} \qquad \sum_{n\le x} \frac{\phi([x/n])}{[x/n]}$$ where $[x]$…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-09-11 Shane Chern

For each positive integer $r$, let $S_r$ denote the $r^{th}$ Schemmel totient function, a multiplicative arithmetic function defined by \[S_r(p^{\alpha})=\begin{cases} 0, & \mbox{if } p\leq r; \\ p^{\alpha-1}(p-r), & \mbox{if } p>r…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2014-12-10 Colin Defant

In this article, we investigate sparse subsets of the natural numbers and study the sparseness of some sets associated with the Euler's totient function $\phi$ via the property of `Banach Density'. These sets related to the totient function…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-04-07 Mithun Kumar Das , Pramod Eyyunni , Bhuwanesh Rao Patil

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

We obtain an upper bound for the sum $\sum_{n\leq N} (a_{n}/\varphi (a_{n}))^{s}$, where $\varphi$ is Euler's totient function, $s\in \mathbb{N}$, and $a_{1},\ldots, a_{N}$ are positive integers (not necessarily distinct) with some…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-03-09 Artyom Radomskii

For $m,n \in \mathbb{N}$, $m\geq 1$ and a given function $f : \mathbb{R}^m\longrightarrow \mathbb{R}$ the polynomial interpolation problem (PIP) is to determine a \emph{generic node set} $P \subseteq \mathbb{R}^m$ and the coefficients of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-10-31 M. Hecht , B. L. Cheeseman , K. B. Hoffmann , I. F. Sbalzarini

In this paper, we show that if $(U_n)_{n\ge 1}$ is any nondegenerate linearly recurrent sequence of integers whose general term is up to sign not a polynomial in $n$, then the inequality $\phi(|U_n|)\ge |U_{\phi(n)}|$ holds on a set of…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-07-09 Florian Luca , Makoko Campbell Manape

By using the elementary symmetric polynomials and some results of number theory, we solve the well known problem of Lehmer on Euler's totient function. As application, we obtain a new characterization of prime numbers.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-12-27 Said Zriaa

Let $\mathrm{R}$ be a real closed field and $\mathrm{D} \subset \mathrm{R}$ an ordered domain. We consider the algorithmic problem of computing the generalized Euler-Poincar\'e characteristic of real algebraic as well as semi-algebraic…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2017-07-13 Saugata Basu , Cordian Riener

An algorithm is devised for computing $\Phi(n) = \phi(1) + \phi(2) + \cdots + \phi(n)$ in time $\widetilde{\Theta}(n^{2/3})$ and space $\widetilde{\Theta}(n^{1/3})$. The starting point is an existing algorithm based on the Dirichlet…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-06-10 Lucas Augustus Brown

Two algorithms for computing $P(n,m)$, the number of integer partitions of $n$ into exactly $m$ parts, are described, and using a combination of these two algorithms, the resulting algorithm is $O(n^{3/2})$. The second algorithm uses a list…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-06-07 M. J. Kronenburg