On the divisibility of odd perfect numbers, quasiperfect numbers and amicable numbers by a high power of a prime

Abstract

We shall give an explicit upper bound for the smallest prime factor of multiperfect numbers of the form $N=p_1^{\alpha_1}\cdots p_s^{\alpha_s} q_1^{\beta_1}\cdots q_t^{\beta_t}$ with $\beta_1, \ldots, \beta_t$ bounded by a given constant. We shall also give similar results for quasiperfect numbers and relatively prime amicable pairs of opposite parity.