Some Extensions to Touchard's Theorem on Odd Perfect Numbers

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Authors Paolo Starni

Publication date 14 September 2017

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Congruences; primitive roots; residue systems (11A07) Arithmetic functions; related numbers; inversion formulas (11A25)

Abstract: The multiplicative structure of an odd perfect number $n$, if any, is $n=p{i}^{a}lpha{M}^2$, where $pi$ is prime, $gcd(pi,M)=1$ and $piequivalphaequiv1pmod4$. An additive structure of $n$, established by Touchard, is that "$$ OR $$". A first extension of Touchard's result is that the proposition "$$ OR $$" holds for $x=3$ (the extension is due to the fact that the second congruence contains also $pi$). We further extend the proof to $x=alpha+2$, $alpha+2$ prime, with the restriction that the congruence modulo $4x$ does not include $n$. Besides, we note that the first extension of Touchard's result holds also with an exclusive disjunction, so that $piequiv1pmod12$ is a sufficient condition because $3midn$.

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