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The [[Average order of an arithmetic function|average order]] of ''d''(''n'') is <math>\log(n)</math>.
The [[Average order of an arithmetic function|average order]] of ''d''(''n'') is <math>\log(n)</math>.
The [[Normal order of an arithmetic function|normal order]] of log(''d''(''n'')) is log(2) log log(''n'').

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In number theory the number of divisors function of a positive integer, denoted d(n) or τ(n), is the number of positive integer divisors of the number n.

It is a multiplicative function, that is is m and n are coprime then .

The value of d on a general integer n with prime factorisation

is then

The average order of d(n) is . The normal order of log(d(n)) is log(2) log log(n).