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Abundancy


The abundancy of a positive integer n is defined as the ratio sigma(n)/n, where sigma(n) is the divisor function. For n=1, 2, ..., the first few values are 1, 3/2, 4/3, 7/4, 6/5, 2, 8/7, 15/8, 13/9, 9/5, 12/11, 7/3, 14/13, ... (OEIS A017665 and A017666).

The positive integers with integer abundancy begin 1, 6, 28, 120, 496, 672, 8128, 30240, 32760, ... (OEIS A007691), corresponding to the abundancies 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 4, 4, ... (OEIS A054030). The only positive integer with abundancy 1 is 1. Numbers with abundancy 2 are perfect numbers, and those with integer abundancy greater than 2 are multiperfect numbers.


See also

Abundance, Abundant Number, Multiperfect Number, Perfect Number

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References

Guy, R. K. "The Second Strong Law of Small Numbers." Math. Mag. 63, 3-20, 1990.Sloane, N. J. A. Sequences A007691/M4182, A017665, A017666, and A054030 in "The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences."

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Abundancy." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Abundancy.html

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