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On a problem of De Koninck

Number Theory 2021-09-22 v3 Combinatorics

Abstract

Let σ(n)\sigma(n) and γ(n)\gamma(n) denote the sum of divisors and the product of distinct prime divisors of nn respectively. We shall show that, if n1,1782n\neq 1, 1782 and σ(n)=(γ(n))2\sigma(n)=(\gamma(n))^2, then there exist odd (not necessarily distinct) primes p,pp, p^\prime and (not necessarily odd) distinct primes qi(i=1,2,,k)q_i (i=1, 2, \ldots, k) such that p,pnp, p^\prime\mid\mid n, qi2n(i=1,2,,k)q_i^2\mid\mid n (i=1, 2, \ldots, k) and q1σ(p2),qi+1σ(qi2)(1ik1),pσ(qk2)q_1\mid \sigma(p^2), q_{i+1}\mid\sigma(q_i^2) (1\leq i\leq k-1), p^\prime \mid\sigma(q_k^2).

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@article{arxiv.1906.10001,
  title  = {On a problem of De Koninck},
  author = {Tomohiro Yamada},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1906.10001},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

15 pages, the author's final version, address changed due to the location change of the Minoh Campus of Osaka University, to appear in Moscow J. Combin. Number Theory

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