Generalized perfect-number conjecture for Mersenne exponents

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Let k>2k>2 be a prime such that 2k12^k-1 is a Mersenne prime. For integers α,β>1\alpha, \beta>1 and an odd prime p<32α11p<3\cdot 2^{\alpha-1}-1, let

n=2α1pβ1.n=2^{\alpha-1}p^{\beta-1}.

Generalized perfect-number conjecture. One has

nσk(n)n\mid \sigma_k(n)

if and only if nn is an even perfect number different from 2k1(2k1)2^{k-1}(2^k-1).

This conjecture extends the preceding results for k=3k=3 and k=5k=5 to primes kk for which 2k12^k-1 is a Mersenne prime. The source states that computation supports it, while the described method does not apply to other values of kk; its general status is therefore open.

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Primary source

Hung Viet Chu, “On Even Perfect Numbers II”, arXiv:2001.08633 (2020).

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