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The Divisibility of Divisor Functions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2009

R. A. Rankin
R. A. Rankin
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The University Glasgow
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For any positive integers n and v let

where d runs through all the positive divisors of n. For each positive integer k and real x > 1, denote by N(v, k; x) the number of positive integers n ≦ x for which σv(n) is not divisible by k. Then Watson [6] has shown that, when v is odd,

as x → ∞; it is assumed here and throughout that v and k are fixed and independent of x. It follows, in particular, that σ (n) is almost always divisible by k. A brief account of the ideas used by Watson will be found in § 10.6 of Hardy's book on Ramanujan [2].

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Research Article
Information
Glasgow Mathematical Journal , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , January 1961 , pp. 35 - 40
Copyright
Copyright © Glasgow Mathematical Journal Trust 1961

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