Fixed points of the sum of divisors function on F2[x]
Abstract
We work an analogue of a classical arithmetic problem over polynomials. More precisely, we study the fixed points F of the sum of divisors function σ : F2[x] F2[x] (defined mutatis mutandi like the usual sum of divisors over the integers) of the form F := A2 · S, S square-free, with ω(S) ≤ 3, coprime with A, for A even, of whatever degree, under some conditions. This gives a characterization of 5 of the 11 known fixed points of σ in F2[x]
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