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On odd perfect numbers and a GCD - Part III
Let $m = q^k n^2$ be an odd perfect number with special prime $q$ satisfying $q \equiv k \equiv 1 \pmod 4$ and $\gcd(q,n)=1$.
It is known that
$$\gcd(\sigma(q^k),\sigma(n^2)) = \frac{(\gcd(n,\sigma(n^...
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Van der Pol's identity for the sum of divisors and a quartic polynomial equation for odd perfect numbers
In Touchard (1953) it is mentioned that the sum of divisors $\sigma(n)$ satisfies the following recurrence relation ($n>1$):
$$n^2(n-1) = \frac{6}{\sigma(n)} \sum_{k=1}^{n-1}(3n^2-10k^2)\sigma(k)\...
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Is there a similar formula like Ramanunjan's Eisenstein series identity for $\sum_{k=1}^{n-1}k^2 \sigma(k)\sigma(n-k)$?
This question is related to the last question about van der Pol's identity for the sum of divisors.
In Touchard (1953) it is mentioned that the sum of divisors $\sigma(n)$ satisfies the following ...
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On the nearest-square function and the quantity $m^2 - p^k$ where $p^k m^2$ is an odd perfect number
This question has been cross-posted from this MSE question and is an offshoot of this other MSE question.
(Note that MSE user mathlove has posted an answer in MSE, which I could not completely ...
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On odd perfect numbers $q^k n^2$ satisfying $n^2 - q^k = 2^r t$
Let $N = q^k n^2$ be an odd perfect number with special prime $q$, satisfying
$$n^2 - q^k = 2^r t$$
where $r \geq 2$ and $\gcd(2,t)=1$.
We could prove that:
(1) $2^r t > 2n$. (We can modestly ...
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Does $n \mid \sigma(n^2)$, if $q^k n^2$ is an odd perfect number?
Let $\sigma(x)=\sigma_1(x)$ be the classical sum of divisors of the positive integer $x$.
It is known that
$$\gcd(\sigma(q^k),\sigma(n^2))=\frac{\bigg(\gcd(n,\sigma(n^2))\bigg)^2}{\gcd(n^2,\sigma(n^2))...
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Touchard / van der Pol's identity for the sum of divisors and an elliptic curve for perfect numbers
In Touchard (1953) it is mentioned that the sum of divisors $\sigma(n)$, satisifies the following recurrence relation ($n>1$):
$$n^2(n-1) = \frac{6}{\sigma(n)} \sum_{k=1}^{n-1}(3n^2-10k^2)\sigma(k)\...
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Does this Theorem 2 from Dandapat et al. imply that $\gcd(\sigma(p^k),\sigma(a^2)) > 1$?
Write the odd perfect number $m=p^k a^2$ as a product of primes
$$m = p^k {p_1}^{2a_1} \cdots {p_v}^{2a_v}.$$
(Note that it is known that $v \geq 9$ by work of Nielsen.) Let $N(m)$ be the number of ...
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A conjecture regarding odd perfect numbers
(Note: I asked this question in MSE this June 2018 but did not receive any responses there. I have therefore cross-posted it here, hoping that it gets answered.)
Let $\sigma(z)$ denote the sum of ...
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Does there exist an integer that is both solitary and almost perfect?
This question is an offshoot from the following MSE post. I hope that it is appropriate for this site.
Let $\sigma(x)$ be the sum of the divisors of $x$.
An integer $a$ is said to be solitary if ...
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On "Euclidean" odd perfect numbers
In what follows, we let $N = r^s u^2$ be an odd perfect number given in Eulerian form, i.e. $r$ is the special prime satisfying $r \equiv s \equiv 1 \pmod 4$ and $\gcd(r,u)=1$. In this preprint, ...
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Improving the lower bound $I(n^2) > \frac{2(q-1)}{q}$ when $q^k n^2$ is an odd perfect number
Let $N = q^k n^2$ be an odd perfect number with special prime $q$ satisfying $q \equiv k \equiv 1 \pmod 4$ and $\gcd(q,n)=1$.
Define the abundancy index
$$I(x)=\frac{\sigma(x)}{x}$$
where $\sigma(x)$ ...