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A remark on the divisor function d(n)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2009

R. C. Vaughan
Affiliation:
University of Sheffield
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Let d(n) denote the number of positive divisors of. A long time ago, Erdös and Mirsky [1] raised the question whether the equation d(n) = d(n+l) holds for infinitely many n. It does not seem easy to settle this problem, and in the present note we give a partial result.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Glasgow Mathematical Journal Trust 1973

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