A note on newly introduced arithmetic functions φ+ and σ+

Sagar Mandal
Notes on Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics
Print ISSN 1310–5132, Online ISSN 2367–8275
Volume 31, 2025, Number 2, Pages 404–409
DOI: 10.7546/nntdm.2025.31.2.404-409
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Sagar Mandal
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Kalyanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208016, India

Abstract

In a recent paper [7], the authors introduced new arithmetic functions \varphi^+, \sigma^+ related to the classical functions \varphi, and \sigma, respectively. In this note, we study the behavior of

    \[\sum_{\substack{n\leq x\\ \omega(n)=2}}(\varphi^{+}-\varphi)(n),~~~\text{and}~~\sum_{\substack{n\leq x\\ \omega(n)=2}}(\sigma^{+}-\sigma)(n),\]

for any real number x\geq 6.

Keywords

  • Arithmetic functions
  • Inequalities for arithmetic functions
  • Euler’s totient function
  • Sum of positive divisors function

2020 Mathematics Subject Classification

  • 11A25
  • 26D15

References

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Manuscript history

  • Received: 24 February 2025
  • Revised: 30 May 2025
  • Accepted: 12 June 2025
  • Online First: 16 June 2025

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Mandal, S. (2025). A note on newly introduced arithmetic functions φ+ and σ+. Notes on Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics, 31(2), 404-409, DOI: 10.7546/nntdm.2025.31.2.404-409.

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