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Some Results on Zumkeller Numbers

Number Theory 2023-11-28 v2

Abstract

A positive integer nn is said to be a Zumkeller number or an integer-perfect number if the set of its positive divisors can be partitioned into two subsets of equal sums. In this paper, we prove several results regarding Zumkeller numbers. For any positive integer mm, we prove that there are infinitely many positive integers nn for which n+1,,n+mn+1,\cdots, n+m are all Zumkeller numbers. Additionally, we show that every positive integer greater than 9418594185 can be expressed as a sum of two Zumkeller numbers and that all sufficiently large integers can be written as a sum of a Zumkeller number and a practical number. We also show that there are infinitely many positive integers that cannot be expressed as a sum of a Zumkeller number and a square or a prime.

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@article{arxiv.2310.14149,
  title  = {Some Results on Zumkeller Numbers},
  author = {Sai Teja Somu and Andrzej Kukla and Duc Van Khanh Tran},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.14149},
  year   = {2023}
}
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