The irrationality of a divisor function series of Erdős and Kac

Publication date 29 November 2023

Abstract: For positive integers

k

and

n

let

s i g m a_{k} (n)

denote the sum of the

k

th powers of the divisors of

n

. ErdH{o}s and Kac asked whether, for every

k

, the number

a l p h a_{k} = s u m_{n g e q 1} f r a c s i g m a_{k} (n) n!

is irrational. It is known unconditionally that

a l p h a_{k}

is irrational if

k l e q 3

. We prove

a l p h a_{4}

is irrational.

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