{"@context":["https://w3id.org/fdo/context/v1",{"schema":"https://schema.org/","prov":"http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#","fdo":"https://w3id.org/fdo/vocabulary/"}],"@id":"https://fdo.portal.mardi4nfdi.de/fdo/Q784272","@type":"DigitalObject","kernel":{"@id":"https://fdo.portal.mardi4nfdi.de/fdo/Q784272","digitalObjectType":"https://schema.org/ScholarlyArticle","primaryIdentifier":"mardi:Q784272","kernelVersion":"v1","immutable":true,"modified":"2026-03-26T20:17:54Z"},"profile":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"ScholarlyArticle","@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q784272","name":"On integers \\(n\\) for which \\(\\sigma (2n + 1) \\geq \\sigma (2n)\\)","headline":"On integers \\(n\\) for which \\(\\sigma (2n + 1) \\geq \\sigma (2n)\\)","description":"scientific article; zbMATH DE number 7226720","url":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q784272","datePublished":"2020-08-03","author":[{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q784271"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q248295"}],"publisher":[{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q167107"}],"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","propertyID":"doi","value":"10.1016/J.JNT.2020.02.007","url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JNT.2020.02.007"},"sameAs":["https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JNT.2020.02.007"],"comment":"Let \\(\\sigma(n)\\) denote the sum of divisors function. Let \\(B\\) be the set of natural numbers \\(n\\) such that \\(\\sigma(2n + 1)\\ge\\sigma(2n)\\), and let \\(B(x)\\) be the number of \\(n\\) in B with \\(n\\le x\\). Then \\(\\lim_{x\\to\\infty} B(x)/x\\) exists, and it is called the natural density of \\(B\\), denoted as \\(\\mathbf{d}\\,B\\).  The authors prove that \\(\\mathbf{d}\\,B\\) exists and \\(0.0539171\\leq\\mathbf{d}\\,B\\leq 0.0549445\\). This refines \\textit{L. E. Mattics}' result [``Problems and solutions: solutions of advanced problems: 6555'', Am. Math. Mon. 97, No. 4, 351--353 (1990)]. In the context of the same problem, A. Hildebrand (1990) remarks that \\(\\lim_{x\\to\\infty} B(x)/x\\) exists (as is noted by the authors).","citation":[{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q4228029"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q3900126"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q1086612"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q3518705"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q5746417"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q3376053"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q5666640"}]},"provenance":{"prov:generatedAtTime":"2026-03-26T20:17:54Z","prov:wasAttributedTo":"MaRDI Knowledge Graph"}}