A Totient Function Inequality

  • Authors

    • N. Carella CUNY, New York
    https://doi.org/10.14419/ijams.v1i4.1117
  • Totient function, Prime numbers, Nicolas inequality, highly composite numbers, and Riemann hypothesis.

  • Abstract

    A new unconditional inequality of the totient function is contributed to the literature. This result is associated with various unsolved problems about the distribution of prime numbers.

     

     

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    Carella, N. (2013). A Totient Function Inequality. International Journal of Advanced Mathematical Sciences, 1(4), 185-189. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijams.v1i4.1117