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Does iterating a certain function related to the sums of divisors eventually always result in a prime value?
Let define the following function for integers (from 2): $f(x)=\sigma(x)-1$, where $\sigma$ is the sum of the divisors of $x$.
For example $f(6)=6+3+2=11$, $f(5)=5$.
Note that $x$ is a fixed point for ...
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The Grimm Machine(s): A Collatz Conjecture Rival?
Edit 2018.08.08 This answer https://mathoverflow.net/a/307881 will be updated to give recent information about S, especially a forthcoming preprint. End Edit 2018.08.08
Just as the Collatz ...
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On comparing two almost injective divisor maps
Edit 2018.08.08 This answer https://mathoverflow.net/a/307881 will be updated to give recent information about S, especially a forthcoming preprint. End Edit 2018.08.08
In an introductory post on ...
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Does there exist a natural number $m$ such that $\sigma^{(k)}((2m+1)^2)$ is an odd square number for all $k\ge 0$?
This question, comes out of a question in MSE and I hope it is ok to ask it here:
Does there exist a natural number $m$ such that $\sigma^{(k)}((2m+1)^2)$ is an odd square number for all $k\ge 0$?
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