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Hyperperfect number

In mathematics, a k-hyperperfect number (sometimes just called hyperperfect number) is a natural number n for which the equality n = 1 + k(σ(n) − n − 1) holds, where σ(n) is the divisor function (i.e., the sum of all positive divisors of n). A number is perfect iff it is 1-hyperperfect.

The first few numbers in the sequence of k-hyperperfect numbers are 6, 21, 28, 301, 325, 496, ... (Sloane's A034897), with the corresponding values of k being 1, 2, 1, 6, 3, 1, 12, ... (Sloane's A034898). The first few k-hyperperfect numbers that are not perfect are 21, 301, 325, 697, 1333, ... (Sloane's A007592).

The following table lists the first few k-hyperperfect numbers for some values of k, together with the Sloane number of the sequence of k-hyperperfect numbers:

k Sequence First k-hyperperfect numbers
1A0003966, 28, 496, 8128, 33550336, ...
2A00759321, 2133, 19521, 176661, 129127041, ...
3 325, ...
4 1950625, 1220640625, ...
6A028499301, 16513, 60110701, ...
10 159841, ...
11 10693, ...
12A028500697, 2041, 1570153, 62722153, ...
18A0285011333, 1909, 2469601, 893748277, ...
30 3901, ...
31 214273, ...
35 306181, ...
48 26977, ...
60 24601, ...
66 296341, ...
78 486877, ...
108 275833, ...
132 96361, 130153, 495529,...
168 250321, ...
192 163201, ...
252 389593, ...
342 542413, ...
366 808861, ...
2772A02850295295817, 124035913, ...
31752A0349164660241041, 7220722321, ...

It can be shown that if k > 1 is an odd integer and p = (3k + 1) / 2 and q = 3k + 4 are prime numbers, then p²q is k-hyperperfect; J. S. McCraine has conjectured in 2000 that all k-hyperperfect numbers for odd k > 1 are of this form, but the hypothesis has not been proven so far.

Furthermore, it can be proven that if pq are odd primes and k is an integer such that k(p + q) = pq - 1, then pq is k-hyperperfect, and also that if k > and p = k + 1 is prime, then for all i > 1 such that q = pi - p + 1 is prime, pi - 1q is k-hyperperfect.

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