Generalizing the Abundancy of an Integer

Publication date 28 March 2018

Abstract: The abundancy index of a positive integer is the ratio between the sum of its divisors and itself. We generalize previous results on abundancy indices by defining a two-variable abundancy index function as

I (x, n) c o l o n m a t h b b Z^{+} i m e s m a t h b b Z^{+} o m a t h b b Q

where

I (x, n) = f r a c s i g m a_{x} (n) n^{x}

. Specifically, we extend limiting properties of the abundancy index and construct sufficient conditions for rationals greater than one that fail to be in the image of the function

I (x, n)

.

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