On fluctuations in the mean of a sum-of-divisors function
I give explicit values for the constant implied by an Omega-estimate due to Chen and Chen [CC] on the average of the sum of the divisors of n which are relatively coprime to any given integer a.
We estimate the number of possible degree patterns of k-lacunary polynomials of degree t < p which split completely modulo p. The result is based on a combination of a bound on the number of zeros of lacunary polynomials with some graph theory arguments.
Let be a von Neumann-Kakutani - adic adding machine transformation and let . PutWe study three questions:1. When will be bounded?2. What can be said about limit points of 3. When will the skew product be ergodic on
We show that, with suitable modification, the upper bound estimates of Stolt for the fundamental integer solutions of the Diophantine equation Au²+Buv+Cv²=N, where A>0, N≠0 and B²-4AC is positive and nonsquare, in fact characterize the fundamental solutions. As a corollary, we get a corresponding result for the equation u²-dv²=N, where d is positive and nonsquare, in which case the upper bound estimates were obtained by Nagell and Chebyshev.