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On the average number of divisors of quadratic polynomials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

James Mckee
James Mckee
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Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1SB
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Let d(n) denote the number of positive divisors of n, and let f(x) be a polynomial in x with integer coefficients, irreducible over ℤ. Erdös[3] showed that there exist constants λ1, λ2 (depending on f) such that

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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 117 , Issue 3 , May 1995 , pp. 389 - 392
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1995

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