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On the quantity where is an odd perfect number -- Part II
Let be an odd perfect number with special prime . Extending
previous work of the authors, we prove that the inequality follows
from , where and , under the
following hypotheses: (a) , or (b) . We also prove
that the estimate holds. We can also improve this
unconditional estimate to .Comment: 11 pages, incorporated referee comments and suggestions, added
Section 5.1, in press at NNTDM <https://nntdm.net/volume-28-2022/number-1/