Conjecture on highly-composite Mersenne indices

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Let NN be an index of a highly-composite Mersenne number if τ(2N−1)>τ(2m−1)\tau(2^N-1)>\tau(2^m-1) for every integer mm with 1⩽m<N1\leqslant m<N. Highly-composite Mersenne index conjecture. If NN is restricted to indices of highly-composite Mersenne numbers, then

lim⁡N→∞τ(2N+1)N=∞.\lim_{N\to\infty}\frac{\tau(2^N+1)}{N}=\infty.

The conjecture proposes a growth property along record-setting Mersenne indices and is presented as a reasonable conjecture; no resolution is given in the supplied text.

References

Primary source

Vjekoslav Kovač and Florian Luca, “On the number of divisors of Mersenne numbers”, arXiv:2506.04883 (2026).

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