On 2-powerfully Perfect Numbers in Three Quadratic Rings

Using an extension of the abundancy index to imaginary quadratic rings that are unique factorization domains, we investigate what we call $n$-powerfully $t$-perfect numbers in these rings. This definition serves to extend the concept of multiperfect numbers that have been defined and studied in the integers. At the end of the paper, as well as at various points throughout the paper, we point to some potential areas for further research.

We begin by introducing an extension of the traditional abundancy index to imaginary quadratic rings with unique factorization. After showing that many of the properties of the traditional abundancy index continue to hold in our extended form, we investigate what we call $n$-powerfully solitary numbers in these rings. This definition serves to extend the concept of solitary numbers, which have been defined and studied in the integers. We end with some open questions and a con...

A unitary divisor $c$ of a positive integer $n$ is a positive divisor of $n$ that is relatively prime to $\displaystyle{\frac{n}{c}}$. For any integer $k$, the function $\sigma_k^*$ is a multiplicative arithmetic function defined so that $\sigma_k^*(n)$ is the sum of the $k^{th}$ powers of the unitary divisors of $n$. We provide analogues of the functions $\sigma_k^*$ in imaginary quadratic rings that are unique factorization domains. We then explore properties of what we cal...

Abundancy index refers to the ratio of the sum of the divisors of a number to the number itself. It is a concept of great importance in defining friendly and perfect numbers. Here, we describe a suitable generalization of abundancy index to the ring of Gaussian integers ($\mathbb{Z}[i]$). We first show that this generalization possesses many of the useful properties of the traditional abundancy index in $\mathbb{Z}$. We then investigate $k$-powerful $\tau$-perfect numbers and...

In this note, we continue an approach pursued in an earlier paper of the second author and thereby attempt to produce an improved lower bound for the sum $I(q^k) + I(n^2)$, where $q^k n^2$ is an odd perfect number with special prime $q$ and $I(x)$ is the abundancy index of the positive integer $x$. In particular, this yields an upper bound for $k$.

Let $N$ be an odd perfect number. Then, Euler proved that there exist some integers $n, \alpha$ and a prime $q$ such that $N = n^{2}q^{\alpha}$, $q \nmid n$, and $q \equiv \alpha \equiv 1 \bmod 4$. In this note, we prove that the ratio $\frac{\sigma(n^{2})}{q^{\alpha}}$ is neither a square nor a square times a single prime unless $\alpha = 1$. It is a direct consequence of a certain property of the Diophantine equation $2ln^{2} = 1+q+ \cdots +q^{\alpha}$, where $l$ denotes on...

In this paper some new ways of generalizing perfect numbers are investigated, numerical results are presented and some conjectures are established.

One of the many number theoretic topics investigated by the ancient Greeks was perfect numbers, which are positive integers equal to the sum of their proper positive integral divisors. Mathematicians from Euclid to Euler investigated these mysterious numbers. We present results on perfect numbers in the ring of Eisenstein integers.

A positive integer $n$ is called perfect if $ \sigma(n)=2n$, where $\sigma(n)$ denote the sum of divisors of $n$. In this paper we study the ratio $\frac{\sigma(n)}{n}$. We define the function Abundancy Index $I:\mathbb{N} \to \mathbb{Q}$ with $I(n)=\frac{\sigma(n)}{n}$. Then we study different properties of the Abundancy Index and discuss the set of Abundancy Index. Using this function we define a new class of numbers known as superabundant numbers. Finally, we study superab...

We will show the two following results: If there existe an odd perfect number $n$ of prime decomposition $n=p_1^{\alpha_1} \ldots p_k^{\alpha_k}q^\beta$, where the $\alpha_i$ are even, the $\beta$ are odd and $q \equiv 5 \mod 8$. Then there is at least one $p_i$, $1 \leq i \leq k$ that is not a square in $\mathbb{Z}/q\mathbb{Z}$. More precisely there is an odd number of $p_i$ that are not squares in $\mathbb{Z}/q\mathbb{Z}$. If there exist an odd perfect number $n$ of prime d...