2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/106136We study equations of the form $σ(p^{q-1})=Az$, where $p$ is a prime, $q$ is a fixed odd prime, $A$ is a fixed integer and $z$ is an integer composed of primes in a fixed finite set. We shall improve upper bounds for the size and the number of solutions of such equations.14 pages, submitted to Math. Proc. Cambridge Phil. SocNumber Theory11A05(Primary) 11A25, 11D61(Secondary)Multiplicative structures of values of the sum-of-divisors functiontext