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Square roots and prime numbers
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Here I present a novel conjecture using basic mathematical tools like the sum of the
divisors of an integer $n$ called $\sigma(n)$, the sum of the squares of the positive divisors of n ...
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When is $ \sigma(n!-1) $ a perfect square?
I am looking for pairs of positive integers $(m,n)$ such that $ \sigma(n!-1) =m^2$, where $\sigma$ is the sum of divisors function. Examples occur with $(m,n)=(12,5),(1,2)$.
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