Thursday, 13 October 2016

real analysis - Prove that limNtoinftysumNn=1frac1phi(n) exists or does not exist




Prove that the limit exists or does not exist:



lim



where \phi(n) is the Euler Totient function.



The ratio test was inconclusive.



I'm fairly sure the p-series test says this series diverges because p=1 but then again in this case I'm not sure how to deal with a function in the place where n normally is.


Answer




Since \varphi(n)\leq n it follows that \frac{1}{\varphi(n)}\geq \frac{1}{n} and hence \sum \frac{1}{\varphi(n)}=\infty.


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