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Prove that there is a positive real number c>0 such that there are infinitely many pairs (n,N) of positive integers satisfying the following conditions: (a) N>c⋅2knlog(n), where k is the number of distinct prime factors of N; (b) n is divisible by φ(pe) for every prime power pe exactly dividing N, where φ denotes Euler's totient function, that is, φ(s) is the number of positive integers that do not exceed s but are coprime to s.
Solutions — 2
Solution 1
We construct arbitrarily large pairs (n,N) of integers that meet the conditions of the problem. Fix an integer x≥3, and let N=∏p≤xp be the product of the primes at most x. We set n=22−π(x)∏p≤x(p−1), where π(x) denotes the number of primes at most x. This n is easily seen to be an even integer, and the pair (n,N) clearly satisfies (b). To estimate the size of N, we compute 2π(x)n4N=p≤x∏p−1p=p≤x∏(1+p−1+p−2+…)>r=1∑x!r1=log(x!)+O(1), using the well-known approximation ∑r=1mr1=log(m)+O(1) for harmonic numbers. By definition x!≥N≥n, so rearranging we obtain the inequality N>41⋅2π(x)nlog(n)+O(2π(x)n) and so we are done if we choose c<1/4.
Solution 2
As in the preceding solution, we seek arbitrarily large pairs of integers (n,N) that meet the conditions of the problem. This time, to construct such pairs, we fix a positive integer t and choose distinct prime numbers p∣22t−1+1 and q∣2t+1; we set N=pq. It is well-known that 2t∣p−1 and 2t+1∣q−1, hence n=2t(p−1)(q−1) is an integer and the pair (n,N) satisfies (b).
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