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Let d(n) be the divisor function. In 1916, S. Ramanujan stated without proof that ${\sum }_{n\le x}d²\left(n\right)=xP\left(logx\right)+E\left(x\right)$, where P(y) is a cubic polynomial in y and $E\left(x\right)=O\left(x^{3/5+\epsilon }\right)$, with ε being a sufficiently small positive constant. He also stated that, assuming the Riemann Hypothesis (RH), $E\left(x\right)=O\left(x^{1/2+\epsilon }\right)$. In 1922, B. M. Wilson proved the above result unconditionally. The direct application of the RH would produce $E\left(x\right)=O\left(x^{1/2}\left(logx\right)⁵loglogx\right)$. In 2003, K. Ramachandra and A. Sankaranarayanan proved the above result without any assumption. In this paper, we prove $E\left(x\right)=O\left(x^{1/2}\left(logx\right)⁵\right)$.