Difference between revisions of "Talk:Divisor function"

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I would never use the phrase "divisor function" to refer to the very general <math>\sigma_k(n)</math> -- I strongly suggest that the article be rewritten to emphasize the function <math>d(n)</math> first, and then to later comment on <math>\sigma_k(n)</math> as a generalization.  Perhaps the main article for <math>\sigma_k(n)</math> could be a separate page, e.g., "sum of divisors function" (except that such a page should properly belong just to <math>\sigma(n)</math>).   
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I would never use the phrase "divisor function" to refer to the very general <math>\sigma_k(n)</math> -- I strongly suggest that the article be rewritten to emphasize the function <math>d(n)</math> first, and then to later comment on <math>\sigma_k(n)</math> as a generalization.  Perhaps the main article for <math>\sigma_k(n)</math> could be a separate page, e.g., "sum of divisors function" (except that such a page should properly belong just to <math>\sigma(n)</math>).  --[[User:JBL|JBL]] 16:58, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
 
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I would never use the phrase "divisor function" to refer to the very general $\sigma_k(n)$ -- I strongly suggest that the article be rewritten to emphasize the function $d(n)$ first, and then to later comment on $\sigma_k(n)$ as a generalization. Perhaps the main article for $\sigma_k(n)$ could be a separate page, e.g., "sum of divisors function" (except that such a page should properly belong just to $\sigma(n)$). --JBL 16:58, 21 July 2009 (UTC)