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Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society

Published by the American Mathematical Society since 1950, Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society is devoted to shorter research articles in all areas of pure and applied mathematics.

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A new result concerning the structure of odd perfect numbers
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by Peter Hagis and Wayne L. McDaniel PDF
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 32 (1972), 13-15 Request permission

Abstract:

It is proved here that an odd number of the form ${p^\alpha }{s^6}$, where s is square-free, p is a prime which does not divide s, and p and $\alpha$ are both congruent to 1 modulo 4, cannot be perfect.
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Additional Information
  • © Copyright 1972 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 32 (1972), 13-15
  • MSC: Primary 10A25
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1972-0292740-5
  • MathSciNet review: 0292740