Questions tagged [divisors-multiples]
For questions on divisors and multiples, mainly but not exclusively of integers, and related and derived notions such as sums of divisors, perfect numbers and so on.
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If $q^k n^2$ is an odd perfect number with Euler prime $q$, is $\sigma(q^k)/n + \sigma(n)/q^k$ bounded from above?
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
If $q^k n^2$ is an odd perfect number with Euler prime $q$, is $\sigma(q^k)/n + \sigma(n)/q^k$ bounded from above?
MOTIVATION
Let $\sigma=\sigma_{1}$ denote the classical ...
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On the number of solutions of $\gcd\left({2n\brace n},105\right)=1$, over integers $n\geq 1$
In this post we denote the Stirling numbers of the second kind as ${n\brace k}$. I present a variant of the problem showed in the penultimate paragraph of section B33 of [1] (see also the cited ...
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An attempt to get a variant of Agoh–Giuga conjecture
The idea of this post is an attempt to explore a variant of the so-called Agoh–Giuga conjecture. In past days, and today, I tried to think about variants of this conjecture exploring congruences about ...
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Estimate about primes
Can anyone give an estimate (upper bound or lower bound) for the number of divisors $d\mid P_r$ such that $\frac{\sqrt{P_r}}{2}< d < \sqrt{P_r}$, where $P_r$ is the product of the $r$ smallest ...
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Number of distinct factors
Denote $\omega(m)$ to be number of distinct factors of $m$ as defined in http://mathworld.wolfram.com/DistinctPrimeFactors.html.
At every $c>0$, given $n\in\Bbb N$ define $$S(n,c)=\big\{m\in\Bbb N:...
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What is known about the mode of the number of divisors $\le x$?
Let $d(x)$ be the divisor function. Let $M(x)$ ($x$ a positive integer) be the most frequent value of $d(y)$ for $1 \le y \le x$. Is an asymptotic known for $M(x)$, and failing that, can $M(x)$ at ...
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Magnitude and distribution of largest prime factor?
Erdos-Kac law state a typical number of magnitude $n$ has $\log\log n$ prime factors.
What is magnitude and distribution of largest prime factor of typical magnitude $n$ natural number?
What is ...
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Short divisor sum
Let $d(n)$ denote the number of positive divisors of the positive integer $n$.
Pick some positive $X,h \in \mathbb{R}$ and consider the sum
$$ S(X,h) := \sum_{X \leq n \leq X+ h} d(n).$$
In view of ...
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Sum of small divisors with powers
I am looking for the tightest known bound for the sum
$$\sum_{\substack{1\leq k\leq j^\alpha \\ k\mid j}}k^\lambda$$
where $j$ is a large positive integer, $\alpha\in(0,1)$ and $\lambda\geq 1$.
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Partial sums involving Gregory coefficients that cannot be an integer
For integers $n\geq 1$ let $G_n$ be the Gregory coefficients or reciprocal logarithmic numbers, see the Wikipedia [Gregory coefficients.]
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_coefficients)
$${z\...
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Minimal $n$ such that $(a-1)^m | a^n - 1$ for a given $a,m > 1$
This open-ended question was originally posted on Twitter here. Specifically,
Problem
Given $a,m \in \mathbb{N}$ with $a, m \gt 1$, find the minimal value $n \in \mathbb{N}$ such that $(a-1)^m \mid ...
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$2$-adic valuations and sum of divisor function
Consider the sum of $k^{th}$-power of divisors of $n$, denoted
$$\sigma_k(n)=\sum_{d\vert n}d^k.$$
Let $\nu_p(x)$ stand for the $p$-adic valuation of the integer $x$.
The following appears to be ...
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A truncated divisor function sum
Let $d(n)$ be the number of divisors function, i.e., $d(n)=\sum_{k\mid n} 1$ of the positive integer $n$. The following estimate is well known
$$
\sum_{n\leq x} d(n)=x \log x + (2 \gamma -1) x +{\cal ...
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Two conjectures inspired from an equation involving the sum of divisors and the Euler's totient function due to Iannucci
In this post I add two equations involving the sum of divisors $\sigma(n)$ and the Euler's totient function, denoted in this post as $\varphi(n)$, and after I ask about a conjecture involving these. ...
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On the number of solutions of the equation involving Pochhammer symbols $(n)_a\cdot(n)_b=(n)_c$, for integers greater than or equal to $2$
As paticular case of the equation involving Pochhammer symbols $$(n)_a\cdot(m)_b=(k)_c,$$
where the variables are positive integers, I've consider the case $n=m=k$ of previous equation, that is
$$(n)...
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Structure of set with large pairwise gcd's
Let $\mathcal{M}$ be a set of $M$ distinct positive integers, all of size roughly $N$. Assume that the pairwise gcd of elements of $\mathcal{M}$ is large for all pairs. For illustration, let's take $M ...
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Size of a set defined by divisor function
After some computations, I guessed the following conjecture.
How can I prove or disprove it? thanks!
Let
$$
A(k)=\#\left\{\left(t,\frac{k+t+a}{4t-1}\right):1\leq t\leq k,\ 1\leq a\leq k+t,\ a\mid(k+...
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Does there exist an integer that is both solitary and almost perfect?
This question is an offshoot from the following MSE post. I hope that it is appropriate for this site.
Let $\sigma(x)$ be the sum of the divisors of $x$.
An integer $a$ is said to be solitary if ...
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gcd of polynomial values
Suppose that $f$ and $g$ are two coprime polynomials in $\mathbb Z[x]$. I'm interested in any sort of upper bound on $gcd(f(a),g(a))$, in terms of the integer $a$. Are there any results of this type?...
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Queries on distribution of prime divisors by magnitude?
Erdos-Kac law state a typical number of magnitude $n$ has $\log\log n$ prime factors and we know probability of square free integers is $\frac{6}{\pi^2}$.
What is the probability distribution of ...
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The number of numbers no greater than n that are divisible by all their suffixes
My question: what a formula for finding the number of numbers no greater than n that are divisible by all their suffixes.
e.g: 5, 25, 125, 0125, 70125 are divisors of 70125.
refinement: $\overline{0....
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On the equation involving Stirling numbers of the second kind ${n\brace a}{m\brace b}={k\brace c}$, and its solutions satisfying certain requirements
In this post we denote the Stirling numbers of the second kind as ${r\brace s}$ and we consider the proposal to ask if the equation of the title has infinitely many solutions $${n\brace a}{m\brace b}={...
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Question about arithmetic binomial coefficient
i have a question about the following assertion:
let $n,j,u $ positive integer satisfying
$ n \geq 5,$ $ 1\leq j \leq n-1$,$ \; n+1 \leq u \leq n+j$
let $ d[n]:=\operatorname{lcm}[1,2,..,n]$ ...
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Calculating greatest common divisor series: $\gcd(1,x)+\gcd(2,x)+\gcd(3,x)+....+\gcd(x,x)$ [closed]
How to compute the value of $$[\gcd(1,x)+\gcd(2,x)+\gcd(3,x)+....+\gcd(x,x)]$$ efficiently?
When x can be as large as million.
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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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On characterizations for Mersenne primes involving the sum of divisor function
In this post we denote the sum of positive divisors function of an integer $n\geq 1$ as $$\sigma(n)=\sum_{1\leq d\mid n}d.$$
Then a prime of the form $2^p-1$ is called a Mersenne prime. These are ...
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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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Is it possible to deduce statements for odd perfect numbers from the convolution sums involving divisor functions or other arithmetic functions?
Dividing and using some identities of [1] I've deduced the following facts, see also the remarks below. After these introductory paragraphs, to motivate our question, I am asking if we can deduce some ...
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Prove A Skipping Prime Conjecture For Rio?
I am writing a paper to accompany a Short Communication I plan to give in Rio this August. The paper regards work on jumping primes, a project on which Jose Brox has been working with me. I was going ...
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Equations involving quasiperfect numbers: a first search of odd solutions for this type of equations or well succinct reasonings about these
In this post we study the following equations that involve quasiperfect numbers, denoted as $x$, that are integers such that the sum of all its positive divisors is equals to $2x+1$, and certain ...
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On $\sum_{\substack{1\leq d\mid n\\d<f(n)}}d$ and odd perfect numbers, for $f(n)$ the greatest prime factor or $\operatorname{rad}(n)$, respectively
First, in this paragraph we remember the definitions/notations for two number theoretic functions, for an integer $m>1$, we denote its greatest prime factor as $\operatorname{gpf}(m)$, and the ...
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runs of consecutive non squarefree integers
This question gained no attention at Math SE.
Call a sequence of $k$ consecutive naturals squary if each one of them is divided by a square > 1. The Chinese Remainder theorem trivially guarantees us ...
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Is there a way to reduce this problem to two variables through functions coming from arithmetic?
Consider following diophantine equation in $\mathbb Z[x,y,z]$ in three integer variables $x,y,z$
$$x^2+L(y,z)x+L_1(y)L_2(z)=0$$ where $L(y,z)$ is a non-homogeneous linear polynomial in $y,z$ and $L_1(...
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Approximation of $\sum_{\substack{n\geq 1\\n\text{ is abundant}}}\frac{\sigma(n)}{n^3}$, where $\sigma(n)$ denotes the sum of divisors function
Let $\sigma(n)=\sum_{1\leq d\mid n}d$ the sum of divisors function then, from the theory of Dirichlet series, it is well-known the value of $$\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{\sigma(n)}{n^3},$$
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Arbitrarily large $n$ divides $F_n$
Is it true that there exists $n \in \mathbb{N}$ with arbitrarily many prime factors such that $n$ divides $F_n$, where $F_n$ represents the n-th Fibonacci number?
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Is there a fixed integer $x>1$ satisfing ${\sigma}^{k}(x)\equiv 0\pmod{x}$ for all positive integers $k$?
This question related to this question from SE. I'm interested to know if there exists an integer $x>1$ that satisfies $${\sigma}^{k}(x)\equiv 0\pmod{x}$$
for all positive integers $k$.
Note. $\...
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Some divisibility constraints in Frobenius coin problem
Let's say that the linear form $ax+by$ represents $n$ if $ax+by=n$ for some positive integer $x$ and $y$.
Call a pair $(a,b)\in\Bbb N\times\Bbb N$ with $\mathsf{gcd}(a,b)=1$ excellent if linear form ...
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Friable Numbers In Short Intervals: Density Estimates?
I am hoping for explicit numerical estimates like the following sample (with made up numbers, though it might be true): for every $n \gt 10^6$ and every $b$ with $b^2 \lt n \lt b^3$, the number of ...
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The total number of divisors of those integers with the most divisors
I'm interested in summing $\tau(m)$, the number of positive divisors of $m$, not over all integers in an interval but rather over only the integers with the most divisors. More specifically:
Given a ...
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Numbers with all N-digit prefixes divisible by N
In base 10, the number 3816547290 contains every digit exactly once. When I take the first N digits, that substring is divisible by N. For example, 381 is divisible by 3, 38165 is divisible by 5, etc. ...
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Primitive sequence $a_i$ attaining Pillai's bound on $\sum_{i} 1/a_i$
A primitive sequence $1<a_1<\ldots<a_k\leq n$ is a sequence of integers no one of which divides any other, investigated by Erdos, Behrend and others, over the last 80 years. In fact, $\max k=\...
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On divisibility conditions implying local coprimality conditions
This question is inspired by Bernardo Recaman's question Strings of consecutive integers divisible by 1, 2, 3, ..., N on intervals of $n$ integers being divisible by the integers $1$ through $n$. The ...
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Improvement of a bound on divisor distributions from "Divisors" (Hall and Tenenbaum)?
In the classic text referred to in the title of this question, the bound
$$
H(x,y,2y) \ll \frac{x}{(\log y)^{\delta}\sqrt{\log \log y}},\quad (3\leq y\leq \sqrt{x})
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is given, where $\delta=1-\frac{...
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On certain number theoretic sextuples?
Given small parameters $0<\epsilon<\epsilon'$ is there an $n_\epsilon>0$ such that at every $n>n_\epsilon$ if we are given a prime $n^2<p<2n^2$ then can we always find integers $a,b,...
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How much information is required to determine integers x,y,z [closed]
what is x+y+z is x,y and z are integers and xy-1 is divisible by z, yz-1 is divisible by x and xz-1 is divisible by y.
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Is $\liminf \frac{\sigma_{k}(n)}{n}$ finite for every $k$?
Can someone show me how to prove that $$\liminf_{n \to \infty} \frac{\sigma_{k}(n)}{n} < \infty$$ for every natural number $k$? Or is this problem open?
Here, $\sigma_{k}(n)=\sigma(\sigma(\sigma(\...
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When is $ \sigma(n!-1) $ a perfect square?
I am looking for pairs of positive integers $(m,n)$ such that $ \sigma(n!-1) =m^2$, where $\sigma$ is the sum of divisors function. Examples occur with $(m,n)=(12,5),(1,2)$.
Question: Are there ...
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Are there infinitely many $k$ for which $\frac{\sigma(k)}{k}=n^p$ and $p$ is an odd prime? [closed]
I would like to know if there are infinitely many $k$ for which $$\sigma(k)/k=n^p$$ such that $m=k{n}^{p-1}$ with $m,n>0$ and $p$ is an odd prime?
Note: $\sigma(\frac{m}{{n}^{p-1}})$ is the sum of ...
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Generalized notion of divisor function?
Divisor function $d(n,m)$ counts the number of $q\in\Bbb N$ with $b<q<m$ such that $n\bmod q\equiv0$.
Given $b>0$ what is the correct asymptotic, probabilistic and average case behavior of ...
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Is there a formula that can predict the primes in the sequence of ratios of consecutive superior highly composite numbers? : $2, 3, 2, 5, 2, 3, 7,...$
This is the sequence of prime numbers which are the elementary building blocks for the superior highly composite numbers:
$2, 3, 2, 5, 2, 3, 7, 2, 11, 13, 2, 3, 5, 17, 19, 2, 23, ...$
The $n^{th}$ ...
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