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Inequalities involving the primorial counting function

Number Theory 2024-06-07 v1

Abstract

Let φ(n)\varphi(n) denote the Euler totient function. In this paper, we first establish a new upper bound for n/φ(n)n/\varphi(n) involving K(n)K(n), the function that counts the number of primorials not exceeding nn. In particular, this leads to an answer to a question raised by Aoudjit, Berkane, and Dusart concerning an upper bound for the sum-of-divisors function σ(n)\sigma(n). Furthermore, we give some lower bounds for Nk/φ(Nk)N_k/\varphi(N_k) as well as for σ(Nk)/Nk\sigma(N_k)/N_k, where NkN_k denotes the kkth primorial.

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@article{arxiv.2406.04018,
  title  = {Inequalities involving the primorial counting function},
  author = {Christian Axler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.04018},
  year   = {2024}
}
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