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A Variation on Perfect Numbers

A Variation on Perfect Numbers

For k2 N we deflne a new divisor function sk called the k th prime symmetric function. By analogy with the sum of divisors function ae, we use the functions sk to consider variations on perfect numbers, namely k-symmetric-perfect numbers as well as k-cycles. We flnd all k-symmetric-perfect numbers for …