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On the largest component of an odd perfect number

Part of: Elementary number theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

Graeme L. Cohen
Graeme L. Cohen
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics Sciences The New South Wales Institute of Technology Broadway, New South Wales 2007, Australia
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Abstract

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It is shown that any odd perfect number has a component greater than 1020.

MSC classification

Secondary: 11A25: Arithmetic functions; related numbers; inversion formulas
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 42 , Issue 2 , April 1987 , pp. 280 - 286
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1987

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