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Odd triperfect numbers are divisible by twelve distinct prime factors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

Masao Kishore
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics East Carolina UniversityGreenville, NC 27834, U.S.A.
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Abstract

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We prove that an odd triperfect number has at least twelve distinct prime factors.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1987

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