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An upper bound of $\sum 1/(a_ i\log a_ i)$ for primitive sequences
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Abstract:

A sequence $A = \{ {a_i}\}$ of positive integers is called primitive if no term of the sequence divides any other. Erdös conjectures that, for any primitive sequence A, \[ \sum \limits _{a \leq n,a \in A} {\frac {1}{{a\log a}} \leq \sum \limits _{p \leq n} {\frac {1}{{p\log p}},\quad {\text {for}}\;n > 1,} } \] where the sum is over all primes less than or equal to n. We show that \[ \sum \limits _{a \in A} {\frac {1}{{a\log a}} \leq {e^\gamma } < 1.7811,} \] where $\gamma$ is Euler’s constant.
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Additional Information
  • © Copyright 1995 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 123 (1995), 363-365
  • MSC: Primary 11B83
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1995-1243164-0
  • MathSciNet review: 1243164