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FormalConjectures.ErdosProblems.«250»

Erdős Problem 250 #

Reference: erdosproblems.com/250

theorem erdos_250 :
(∀ (x : ), HasSum (fun (n : ) => ((ArithmeticFunction.sigma 1) n) / 2 ^ n) xIrrational x) True

Is $$ \sum\frac{\sigma(n)}{2^n} $$ irrational? Here $\sigma(n)$ is the sum of divisors function.

The answer is yes, as shown by Nesterenko [Ne96].

[Ne96] Nesterenko, Yu V., Modular functions and transcendence questions, Mat. Sb. 187 9 (1996), 1319--1348.