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Puzzle 639. Sigma (n+12m) = Sigma(n)+12m

Farideh Firoozbakht & Jahangeer  sent the following puzzle:

Prove that for each positive integer m, there exist composite numbers n such that sigma(n) + 12m = sigma(n + 12m)


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