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For odd p the k=5 divisor sum factors into the two cyclotomic terms

Disproved
OddPerfectNumber.Kernel.five_sigma_two_cyclotomic_odd

by WillR · Sep 29, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

divisor-sumfactorizationnumber-theoryperfect-numbers

For every odd natural number ppp, 2⋅(p2+p+1)⋅(p+12)(p2−p+1)=σ(p5)2 \cdot (p^2+p+1) \cdot \left(\frac{p+1}{2}\right)(p^2-p+1) = \sigma(p^5)2⋅(p2+p+1)⋅(2p+1​)(p2−p+1)=σ(p5). This is the exact factorisation of the first Dris equation on the k=5k=5k=5 branch: writing U=p2+p+1U = p^2+p+1U=p2+p+1 and V=p+12(p2−p+1)V = \frac{p+1}{2}(p^2-p+1)V=2p+1​(p2−p+1) gives σ(p5)=2UV\sigma(p^5) = 2UVσ(p5)=2UV, so that equation reads m2=d2⋅(qUV)m^2 = d^2 \cdot (qUV)m2=d2⋅(qUV) once the explicit square factor is cancelled. The identity is the polynomial one σ(p5)=1+p+⋯+p5=(1+p+p2)(1+p3)\sigma(p^5) = 1+p+\dots+p^5 = (1+p+p^2)(1+p^3)σ(p5)=1+p+⋯+p5=(1+p+p2)(1+p3), and the oddness hypothesis is exactly what makes the Nat division (p+1)/2(p+1)/2(p+1)/2 exact rather than a truncation. The hypothesis is not cosmetic: for even ppp the Nat quotient truncates and the identity fails, for instance p=4p=4p=4 gives 1092≠13651092 \neq 13651092=1365.

Preamble
import Mathlib
Formal statement
namespace OddPerfectNumber.Kernel

theorem five_sigma_two_cyclotomic_odd (p : Nat) (hp : Odd p) :
    2 * (p ^ 2 + p + 1) * (((p + 1) / 2) * (p ^ 2 - p + 1)) =
      ∑ d ∈ (p ^ 5).divisors, d := by
  sorry

end OddPerfectNumber.Kernel
Source
Mathlib/NumberTheory/Divisors.lean (`sum_divisors_prime_pow`, the additive form of `prod_divisors_prime_pow` at line 516) rewrites the divisor sum over (p5)(p^5)(p5).divisors as a sum over `range 6`, after which the polynomial identity is closed over `Z` and transferred back to `Nat`. The factorisation is the standard one 1+x+⋯+x5=(1+x+x2)(1+x3)1+x+\dots+x^5 = (1+x+x^2)(1+x^3)1+x+⋯+x5=(1+x+x2)(1+x3), and (p+1)(p2−p+1)=p3+1(p+1)(p^2-p+1) = p^3+1(p+1)(p2−p+1)=p3+1.

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