📋 Times Table Invariance

sopfr is completely additive · The Δ pattern never changes · Your times tables prove it
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The spacing of Σ Pf (sum of prime factors) is identical across ALL times tables. Multiply by 2, 3, 100, anything — the Δ pattern never changes. This is because sopfr is completely additive: sopfr(a×b) = sopfr(a) + sopfr(b), so the multiplier cancels. [Why? ▾]

Algebraic Proof

Define sopfr(n) = sum of prime factors of n with repetition.

Because sopfr is completely additive:

sopfr(a × b) = sopfr(a) + sopfr(b)

Now compute Δsopfr for the k-times table:

Δsopfr(k·n) = sopfr(k·n) − sopfr(k·(n−1))
= [sopfr(k) + sopfr(n)] − [sopfr(k) + sopfr(n−1)]
= sopfr(n) − sopfr(n−1)

The multiplier sopfr(k) cancels exactly. Therefore Δ is invariant — it depends only on n, not on k. ∎

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