The symmetric 4-term amicable-pair conjecture

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Let A=2nabcdA=2^n abcd and B=2nefghB=2^n efgh be a symmetric higher-order amicable pair, with a,b,c,d,e,f,g,ha,b,c,d,e,f,g,h denoting the relevant prime factors. Define xx and yy through the normalized expressions associated with AA, BB, and the sum φ(A)+φ(B)\varphi(A)+\varphi(B) described in the preceding results. Symmetric 4-term conjecture. The relationship between the symmetric polynomials in the prime factors is hypothesized to satisfy

y−1=[ef(g+h)+gh]−(a+b+c+d),y-1=[ef(g+h)+gh]-(a+b+c+d), x−1=[ab(c+d)+cd]−(e+f+g+h).x-1=[ab(c+d)+cd]-(e+f+g+h).

This proposes a higher-order symmetric extension of the factorization patterns established earlier for amicable pairs whose greatest common divisor is a power of two.

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Ali Reza Mavaddat and Saeid Alikhani, “Amicable numbers and their connection to the Euler totient function”, arXiv:2512.22319 (2025).

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