THE KORSELT SET OF pq

Abstract

Let α ∈ ℤ\{0}. A positive integer N is said to be an α-Korselt number (Kα-number, for short) if N ≠ α and N - α is a multiple of p - α for each prime divisor p of N. By the Korselt set of N, we mean the set of all α ∈ ℤ\{0} such that N is a Kα-number; this set will be denoted by [Formula: see text]. Given a squarefree composite number, it is not easy to provide its Korselt set and Korselt weight both theoretically and computationally. The simplest kind of squarefree composite number is the product of two distinct prime numbers. Even for this kind of numbers, the Korselt set is far from being characterized. Let p, q be two distinct prime numbers. This paper sheds some light on [Formula: see text].