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arxiv: 0708.1491 · v1 · pith:EVXSWFA3new · submitted 2007-08-10 · 🧮 math.CO · cs.DM· math.NT

On perfect, amicable, and sociable chains

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Let $x = (x_0,...,x_{n-1})$ be an n-chain, i.e., an n-tuple of non-negative integers $< n$. Consider the operator $s: x \mapsto x' = (x'_0,...,x'_{n-1})$, where x'_j represents the number of $j$'s appearing among the components of x. An n-chain x is said to be perfect if $s(x) = x$. For example, (2,1,2,0,0) is a perfect 5-chain. Analogously to the theory of perfect, amicable, and sociable numbers, one can define from the operator s the concepts of amicable pair and sociable group of chains. In this paper we give an exhaustive list of all the perfect, amicable, and sociable chains.

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