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Dris index sge2s \\ge 2sge2 odd is impossible when k+1k+1k+1 has at least two odd prime factors

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OddPerfectNumber.no_dris_two_odd_primes_core

by Gabewhigham · Sep 11, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

number-theory

Let ppp be a prime, let k≥1k \ge 1k≥1 be such that k+1k+1k+1 has at least two odd prime divisors, let mmm be odd with p∤mp \nmid mp∤m, and let s≥2s \ge 2s≥2 be odd with s∣m2s \mid m^2s∣m2. Then the Dris relations

2m2=σ(pk) s,σ(m2)=pks2m^2 = \sigma(p^k)\,s, \qquad \sigma(m^2) = p^k s2m2=σ(pk)s,σ(m2)=pks

cannot both hold; equivalently, there is no odd perfect number N=pkm2N = p^k m^2N=pkm2 in Euler form whose Dris index s=2m2/σ(pk)s = 2m^2/\sigma(p^k)s=2m2/σ(pk) is at least 222, for such an exponent kkk.

This is the complement, in the special exponent kkk, of the case already isolated on the platform: when k+1k+1k+1 has at most one odd prime divisor, an index sss that is 111 or an odd prime is ruled out by known results, and the remaining composite case is recorded as OddPerfectNumber.no_dris_one_odd_prime_core. The present statement is the residual core for all other exponents, that is, whenever k+1k+1k+1 carries two or more distinct odd primes; it generalises the exponent-specific core OddPerfectNumber.no_dris_thirteen_core from k≥13k \ge 13k≥13 with p≡k≡1(mod4)p \equiv k \equiv 1 \pmod 4p≡k≡1(mod4) to an arbitrary prime ppp and an arbitrary k≥1k \ge 1k≥1.

The difficulty is that the standard counting bound for the prime support of mmm, namely ω(m)≤ω(s)+Ω(s)+#{odd primes of k+1}\omega(m) \le \omega(s) + \Omega(s) + \#\{\text{odd primes of } k+1\}ω(m)≤ω(s)+Ω(s)+#{odd primes of k+1}, becomes weaker precisely when k+1k+1k+1 has several odd prime factors, so Sylvester's bound ω(N)≥5\omega(N) \ge 5ω(N)≥5 no longer yields a contradiction.

Preamble
import Mathlib
open Finset
Formal statement
namespace OddPerfectNumber

theorem no_dris_two_odd_primes_core (p k m s : Nat)
    (hp : p.Prime) (hk : k ≠ 0) (hm : Odd m) (hpm : ¬ p ∣ m)
    (hk2 : 2 ≤ ((k + 1).primeFactors.erase 2).card)
    (hs2 : 2 ≤ s) (hs_not_even : ¬ Even s) (hs_dvd : s ∣ m ^ 2) :
    ¬ (2 * m ^ 2 = (∑ d ∈ (p ^ k).divisors, d) * s ∧
      (∑ d ∈ (m ^ 2).divisors, d) = p ^ k * s) := by
  sorry

end OddPerfectNumber
Source
J. A. B. Dris, The abundancy index of divisors of odd perfect numbers, Journal of Integer Sequences 15 (2012), Article 12.4.4, Section 2 (Dris parametrisation of the Euler equation).

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