On periodic mod p sequences and G-functions (On a conjecture of Ruzsa).
Let denote the error term in the Dirichlet divisor problem, and let E(T) denote the error term in the asymptotic formula for the mean square of |ζ(1/2+it)|. If E*(t) := E(t) - 2πΔ*(t/(2π)) with Δ*(x) = -Δ(x) + 2Δ(2x) - 1/2Δ(4x) and , then we obtain a number of results involving the moments of |ζ(1/2+it)| in short intervals, by connecting them to the moments of E*(T) and R(T) in short intervals. Upper bounds and asymptotic formulae for integrals of the form ∫T2T(∫t-Ht+H |ζ(1/2+iu|2 duk dtare...
Let σ(n) denote the sum of positive divisors of the integer n, and let ϕ denote Euler's function, that is, ϕ(n) is the number of integers in the interval [1,n] that are relatively prime to n. It has been conjectured by Mąkowski and Schinzel that σ(ϕ(n))/n ≥ 1/2 for all n. We show that σ(ϕ(n))/n → ∞ on a set of numbers n of asymptotic density 1. In addition, we study the average order of σ(ϕ(n))/n as well as its range. We use similar methods to prove a conjecture of Erdős that ϕ(n-ϕ(n)) < ϕ(n)...