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On a certain class of arithmetic functions

Antonio M. Oller-Marcén (2017)

Mathematica Bohemica

A homothetic arithmetic function of ratio K is a function f : R such that f ( K n ) = f ( n ) for every n . Periodic arithmetic funtions are always homothetic, while the converse is not true in general. In this paper we study homothetic and periodic arithmetic functions. In particular we give an upper bound for the number of elements of f ( ) in terms of the period and the ratio of f .

On a conjecture of Mąkowski and Schinzel concerning the composition of the arithmetic functions σ and ϕ

A. Grytczuk, F. Luca, M. Wójtowicz (2000)

Colloquium Mathematicae

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.

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