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Consecutive integers with equally many principal divisors

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posted on 2025-05-10, 21:04 authored by Roger B. Eggleton, James A. MacDougall
The Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic is usually stated in a form emphasizing how primes enter the structure of the positive integers, such as: Every positive integer is the product of a unique finite multiset of primes. Alternatively, the Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic can be stated in a form that focuses on how maximal prime-powers enter the structure of the positive integers, such as: Every positive integer is the product of a unique finite set of powers of distinct primes. Here, Eggleton and MacDougall classify positive integers by the number of principal divisors they possess, where they define a principal divisor of a positive integer n to be any prime-power divisor psupa |n which is maximal. They found that for every n greater than or less than 1 there are only finitely many runs of size greater than N in Psubn, where N is the product of the first n primes.

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Journal title

Mathematics Magazine

Volume

81

Issue

4

Pagination

235-248

Publisher

Mathematical Association of America

Language

  • en, English

College/Research Centre

Faculty of Science and Information Technology

School

School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

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