[math-fun] Question about amicable numbers
Is there an upper bound to the ratio of amicable numbers? To the ratio of maximum and minimum of an amicable chain?
David, Did you ever get any response to this? Answers, anyone? R. On Mon, 1 Aug 2011, David Wilson wrote:
Is there an upper bound to the ratio of amicable numbers? To the ratio of maximum and minimum of an amicable chain?
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There's a known result on the maximum of sigma(n)/n, something like log(n). --Rich ________________________________________ From: math-fun-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [math-fun-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] on behalf of Richard Guy [rkg@cpsc.ucalgary.ca] Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 1:19 PM To: David Wilson Cc: Math Fun Subject: Re: [math-fun] Question about amicable numbers David, Did you ever get any response to this? Answers, anyone? R. On Mon, 1 Aug 2011, David Wilson wrote:
Is there an upper bound to the ratio of amicable numbers? To the ratio of maximum and minimum of an amicable chain?
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