intersection of A48290 and A63986

Jud McCranie j.mccranie at adelphia.net
Fri Jun 24 22:50:17 CEST 2005


At 04:41 PM 6/24/2005, Max wrote:
>Note that
>sum(i=1 to x) i-phi(i) = x*(x+1)/2 - sum(i=1 to x) phi(i)
>
>So if x divides sum(i=1 to x) phi(i) and (x+1)/2 is integer (i.e., x is 
>odd), then
>x divides sum(i=1 to x) i-phi(i) as well.

OK, it was something simple.  Thank you!







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