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Ross's Two Conjectures on Nondeficient Numbers

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Precise statement

Ross introduced $\mathcal{S}$-perfect numbers, integers expressible as $1 + \sum \lambda_j d_j$ over their proper divisors with coefficients in $\mathcal{S}$, and conjectured that they have the same density as the nondeficient numbers, plus a second conjecture relating odd nondeficient numbers to $\mathcal{S}$-perfection. Both are false.

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What AI did

GPT-5.5 Pro

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Verification boundary

unreviewed

Single-author arXiv preprint; not yet peer-reviewed.

Correctness: unknown · statement fidelity: unaudited · peer review: none

Timeline

  1. arXiv:2607.11043 - Disproofs of two conjectures concerning nondeficient numbers

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