The product of all the positive divisors of some positive integer (greater than 1) is .
How many possible values of are there?
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Let N = p 2 × 2 0 1 7 − 1 = p 4 0 3 3 , where p is prime.
The number of the positive divisors N has:
ϕ N = ϕ ( p 4 0 3 3 ) = 4 0 3 3 + 1 = 4 0 3 4 = 2 × 2 0 1 7
Now, these divisors can be organised into 2017 pairs in such a way, that:
∀ ( a i , b i ) , i ∈ ( 1 , 2 , … , 2 0 1 7 ) : b i = a i N ⇒ N = a i × b i
Therefore, the product of all positive divisors of N is the product of all 2017 pairs, each equal to N: ( N ) 2 0 1 7 = N 2 0 1 7 .
Hence, the numbers in the form of p 4 0 3 3 are possible values of N.
Since p can be any prime number, and there are infinitely many primes, therefore our answer should be:
Infinitely many