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Problem #884: Is it true that, for any $n$, if $d_1<\cdots

Is it true that, for any $n$, if $d_1<\cdots

Problem Statement

Is it true that, for any $n$, if $d_1<\cdots <d_t$ are the divisors of $n$, then\[\sum_{1\leq i<j\leq t}\frac{1}{d_j-d_i} \ll 1+\sum_{1\leq i<t}\frac{1}{d_{i+1}-d_i},\]where the implied constant is absolute?
Categories: Number Theory Divisors

Progress

See also [144].

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