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DISTRIBUTION OF THE DIVISOR FUNCTION AT CONSECUTIVE INTEGERS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 September 2020

ELCHIN HASANALIZADE*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1K 3M4, Canada

Abstract

In this paper we sharpen Hildebrand’s earlier result on a conjecture of Erdős on limit points of the sequence ${\{d(n)/d(n+1)\}}$ .

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2020 Australian Mathematical Publishing Association Inc.

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