New techniques for bounds on the total number of prime factors of an odd perfect number
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Let <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="sigma left-parenthesis n right-parenthesis"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi> σ </mml:mi> <mml:mo stretchy="false">(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>n</mml:mi> <mml:mo stretchy="false">)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\sigma (n)</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> denote the sum of the positive divisors of <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="n"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>n</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">n</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> . We say that <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="n"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>n</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">n</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> is perfect if <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="sigma left-parenthesis n right-parenthesis equals 2 n"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi> σ </mml:mi> <mml:mo stretchy="false">(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>n</mml:mi> <mml:mo stretchy="false">)</mml:mo> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> <mml:mi>n</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\sigma (n) = 2 n</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> . Currently there are no known odd perfect numbers. It is known that if an odd perfect number exists, then it must be of the form <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="upper N equals p Superscript alpha Baseline product Underscript j equals 1 Overscript k Endscripts q Subscript j Superscript 2 beta Super Subscript j"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>N</mml:mi> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>p</mml:mi> <mml:mi> α </mml:mi> </mml:msup> <mml:munderover> <mml:mo> ∏ </mml:mo> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi>j</mml:mi> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mi>k</mml:mi> </mml:munderover> <mml:msubsup> <mml:mi>q</mml:mi> <mml:mi>j</mml:mi> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> <mml:msub> <mml:mi> β </mml:mi> <mml:mi>j</mml:mi> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:msubsup> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">N = p^\alpha \prod _{j=1}^k q_j^{2 \beta _j}</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> , where <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="p comma q 1 comma midline-horizontal-ellipsis comma q Subscript k Baseline"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>p</mml:mi> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>q</mml:mi> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mo> ⋯ </mml:mo> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>q</mml:mi> <mml:mi>k</mml:mi> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">p, q_1, \cdots , q_k</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> are distinct primes and <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="p identical-to alpha identical-to 1 left-parenthesis mod 4 right-parenthesis"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>p</mml:mi> <mml:mo> ≡ </mml:mo> <mml:mi> α </mml:mi> <mml:mo> ≡ </mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mspace width="0.667em"/> <mml:mo stretchy="false">(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>mod</mml:mi> <mml:mspace width="0.333em"/> <mml:mn>4</mml:mn> <mml:mo stretchy="false">)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">p \equiv \alpha \equiv 1 \pmod {4}</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> . Define the total number of prime factors of <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="upper N"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>N</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">N</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> as <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="normal upper Omega left-parenthesis upper N right-parenthesis colon equals alpha plus 2 sigma-summation Underscript j equals 1 Overscript k Endscripts beta Subscript j"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal"> Ω </mml:mi> <mml:mo stretchy="false">(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>N</mml:mi> <mml:mo stretchy="false">)</mml:mo> <mml:mo>:=</mml:mo> <mml:mi> α </mml:mi> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> <mml:munderover> <mml:mo> ∑ </mml:mo> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi>j</mml:mi> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:mrow
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