Let be the number of positive divisors of a natural number .
Find the sum of all natural numbers such that .
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Let, n = 2 k ∏ p i q i where p i is any particular prime number excluding 2. Now, d ( n ) = ( k + 1 ) ∏ ( q i + 1 ) The numbers we are trying to find must satisfy d ( n ) = 2 n or, ( k + 1 ) ∏ ( q i + 1 ) = 2 k − 1 ∏ p i q i or, 2 k − 1 k + 1 = ∏ ( q i + 1 ) ∏ p i q i ...(1)
Now, ∏ ( q i + 1 ) ∏ p i q i ≥ 1 where equality occurs only when all q i = 0 . Hence, the following must be true. 2 k − 1 k + 1 ≥ 1 This happens for k ≤ 3 . As we can see k = 3 makes both sides of equation (1) equal to 1. And, this corresponds to the number 2 3 = 8 . k = 2 makes the LHS side equal to 2 3 . So, we need ∏ p i q i = 3 1 . This time the number is 2 2 3 1 = 1 2 . k = 1 demands the RHS should be equal to 2. But, we cannot grind out a 2 from ∏ p i q i as it's the product of primes excluding 2. Therefore, k = 1 doesn't give us a new number. Finally, the answer is 8 + 1 2 = 2 0 .