{ "id": "1302.5991", "version": "v9", "published": "2013-02-25T04:11:02.000Z", "updated": "2015-01-09T12:23:30.000Z", "title": "New Results for Sorli's Conjecture on Odd Perfect Numbers", "authors": [ "Jose Arnaldo B. Dris" ], "comment": "16 pages", "categories": [ "math.NT" ], "abstract": "If $N={q^k}{n^2}$ is an odd perfect number given in Eulerian form, then Sorli's conjecture predicts that $k=1$. In this article, we give a strategy for trying to prove that the inequality $n < q$ is equivalent to this conjecture. We conclude with some remaining open questions regarding $k$ and a conjectured relationship between the divisors $q^k$ and $n$.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v8", "updated": "2013-10-04T06:53:42.000Z", "abstract": "If $N={q^k}{n^2}$ is an odd perfect number given in Eulerian form, then Sorli's conjecture predicts that $k=\\nu_{q}(N)=1$. In this article, we give a strategy for trying to prove that the inequality $n < q$ is equivalent to this conjecture. We conclude with some remaining open questions regarding $k$ and a conjectured relationship between the components $q^k$ and $n$.", "journal": null, "doi": null }, { "version": "v9", "updated": "2015-01-09T12:23:30.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "11A05", "11J25", "11J99" ], "keywords": [ "odd perfect number", "sorlis conjecture predicts", "eulerian form", "inequality", "equivalent" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 16, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "adsabs": "2013arXiv1302.5991D" } } }