On a Conjecture of Hecke Concerning Elementary Class Number Formulas.
For any positive integer n let ϕ(n) and σ(n) be the Euler function of n and the sum of divisors of n, respectively. In [5], Mąkowski and Schinzel conjectured that the inequality σ(ϕ(n)) ≥ n/2 holds for all positive integers n. We show that the lower density of the set of positive integers satisfying the above inequality is at least 0.74.
Two infinite sequences A and B of non-negative integers are called infinite additive complements if their sum contains all sufficiently large integers. In 1994, Sárközy and Szemerédi conjectured that there exist infinite additive complements A and B with lim sup A(x)B(x)/x ≤ 1 and A(x)B(x)-x = O(minA(x),B(x)), where A(x) and B(x) are the counting functions of A and B, respectively. We prove that, for infinite additive complements A and B, if lim sup A(x)B(x)/x ≤ 1, then, for any given M > 1,...
Watkins has conjectured that if is the rank of the group of rational points of an elliptic curve over the rationals, then divides the modular parametrisation degree. We show, for a certain class of , chosen to make things as easy as possible, that this divisibility would follow from the statement that a certain -adic deformation ring is isomorphic to a certain Hecke ring, and is a complete intersection. However, we show also that the method developed by Taylor, Wiles and others, to prove...