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Kullback-Leibler divergence and primitive non-deficient numbers

Number Theory 2025-02-07 v2

Abstract

Let H(n)=pnpp1H(n) = \prod_{p|n}\frac{p}{p-1} where pp ranges over the primes which divide nn. It is well known that if nn is a primitive non-deficient number, then H(n)>2H(n) > 2. We examine inequalities of the form H(n)>2+f(n)H(n)> 2 + f(n) for various functions f(n)f(n) where nn is assumed to be primitive non-deficient and connect these inequalities to applying the Kullback-Leibler divergence to different probability distributions on the set of divisors of nn.

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@article{arxiv.2501.04209,
  title  = {Kullback-Leibler divergence and primitive non-deficient numbers},
  author = {Joshua Zelinsky and Kyle Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.04209},
  year   = {2025}
}

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21 pages, 3 figures

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