Distinctness conjecture for coprime values of the divisor-sum ratio

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Let x,y∈Nx,y\in\mathbb{N} be coprime and satisfy x≠yx\ne y. Distinctness conjecture. The values

σ(x)xandσ(y)y\frac{\sigma(x)}{x}\quad\text{and}\quad\frac{\sigma(y)}{y}

are distinct. Here σ\sigma is the sum-of-divisors function. Distinctness is known for squarefree inputs, but the conjecture remains open for arbitrary distinct coprime natural numbers and is related to the odd kk-perfect number conjecture.

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Mario Ziller, “Orders and partitions of integers induced by arithmetic functions”, arXiv:2310.15628 (2026).

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