Some results concerning exponential divisors (Q1101141)

d\(=p_ 1^{b_ 1}...p_ r^{b_ r}\) is called an exponential divisor of a natural \(n=p_ 1^{a_ 1}...p_ r^{a_ r}\) if \(b_ i| a_ i\), for all i. Denote the sum of the exponential divisors of n by \(\sigma^{(e)}(n)\). Using \(\sigma^{(e)}\), define e-perfect numbers, e-amicable pairs, and e-aliquot sequences analogously to the definitions using \(\sigma\). The author shows that the density of e- perfect numbers is.0087, exhibits numbers that generate infinite sequences of either e-perfects or e-amicable pairs, and verifies that the e-aliquot sequences with first term \(n\leq 10^ 7\) are bounded.