Linear Recurrences of Order at Most Two in Small Divisors

Abstract

Given a positive integer $n$, the small divisors of $n$ are defined as the positive divisors that do not exceed $\sqrt{n}.$ Ianucci previously classified all $n$ for which the small divisors of $n$ form an arithmetic progression. In this paper, we classify all $n$ for which the small divisors of $n$ form a linear recurrence of order at most two.