Problem

Source: Turkey Olympic Revenge 2024 P5

Tags: number theory, phi function, Sigma function



Let $a$ be a positive real number. Prove that a) There exists $n\in \mathbb{N}$ with $\frac{\sigma(\varphi(n))}{\varphi(\sigma(n))} > a$. b) There exists $n\in \mathbb{N}$ with $\frac{\sigma(\varphi(n))}{\varphi(\sigma(n))} < a$. (As usual, $\sigma(n) = \sum_{d\mid n} d$ and $\varphi(n)$ is the number of integers $1\le m\le n$ which are coprime with $n$.) Proposed by Deniz Can Karaçelebi