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2015 HMIC #1: Multiplicative number theory
Source:
5/11/2015
Let
S
S
S
be the set of positive integers
n
n
n
such that the inequality
ϕ
(
n
)
⋅
τ
(
n
)
≥
n
3
3
\phi(n) \cdot \tau(n) \geq \sqrt{\frac{n^3}{3}}
ϕ
(
n
)
⋅
τ
(
n
)
≥
3
n
3
holds, where
ϕ
(
n
)
\phi(n)
ϕ
(
n
)
is the number of positive integers
k
≤
n
k \le n
k
≤
n
that are relatively prime to
n
n
n
, and
τ
(
n
)
\tau(n)
τ
(
n
)
is the number of positive divisors of
n
n
n
. Prove that
S
S
S
is finite.
HMIC
number theory