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On Lehmer's problem and related problems

Number Theory 2023-09-15 v3

Abstract

We show that if N±1=Mφ(N)N\pm 1=M\varphi(N) with N15,255N\neq 15, 255 composite, then M<15.76515logloglogNM<15.76515\log\log\log N and M<16.03235loglogω(N)M<16.03235\log\log\omega(N), together with similar results for the unitary totient function, Dedekind function, and the sum of unitary divisors.

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@article{arxiv.2303.16853,
  title  = {On Lehmer's problem and related problems},
  author = {Tomohiro Yamada},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.16853},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

14 pages (Added arguments in cases $N$, $N_1$, or $\omega(N)$ is small. Our results make no sense when $N_1\leq 17$ or $\omega(N)\leq 2$. Moreover, our argument does not work when $N_1=21$ in Theorems 1 or $\omega(N)=3$ in Theorems 2 and 4. Indeed, $N=15, 255$ satisfy $N+1=2\varphi(N)$ but $\log\log\log 15$ and $\log\log\omega(15)$ are negative and $2>21\log\log\omega(255)$)

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