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On 2-powerfully Perfect Numbers in Three Quadratic Rings

Number Theory 2014-12-12 v2

Abstract

Using an extension of the abundancy index to imaginary quadratic rings with unique factorization, we define what we call nn-powerfully perfect numbers in these rings. This definition serves to extend the concept of perfect numbers that have been defined and studied in the integers. We investigate the properties of 22-powerfully perfect numbers in the rings OQ(1)\mathcal O_{\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{-1})}, OQ(2)\mathcal O_{\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{-2})}, and OQ(7)\mathcal O_{\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{-7})}, the three imaginary quadratic rings with unique factorization in which 22 is not a prime.

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@article{arxiv.1412.3072,
  title  = {On 2-powerfully Perfect Numbers in Three Quadratic Rings},
  author = {Colin Defant},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1412.3072},
  year   = {2014}
}

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15 pages, 0 figures, Supported by National Science Foundation grant no. 1262930