On incidences of and in the function field setting

DOI10.5802/JTNB.1088zbMATH Open1445.11104arXiv1809.01950OpenAlexW2984741998MaRDI QIDQ2198367FDOQ2198367

Authors: Patrick Meisner 

Publication date: 10 September 2020

Published in: Journal de Théorie des Nombres de Bordeaux (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: ErdH{o}s first conjectured that infinitely often we have $varphi(n)=sigma(m)$, where $varphi$ is the Euler totient function and $sigma$ is the sum of divisor function. This was proven true by Ford, Luca and Pomerance in 2010. We ask the analogous question of whether infinitely often we have $varphi(F)=sigma(G)$ where $F$ and $G$ are polynomials over some finite field $mathbb{F}_q$. We find that when $qot=2$ or $3$, then this can only trivially happen when $F=G=1$. Moreover, we give a complete characterisation of the solutions in the case $q=2$ or $3$. In particular, we show that $varphi(F)=sigma(G)$ infinitely often when $q=2$ or $3$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1809.01950

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zbMATH Keywords

function fieldsEuler totient functionprimitive divisors

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Other results on the distribution of values or the characterization of arithmetic functions (11N64)

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