Every odd perfect number has a prime factor which exceeds $10^6$
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Abstract:
It is proved here that every odd perfect number is divisible by a prime greater than $10^{6}$.References
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Additional Information
- Peter Hagis Jr.
- Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122
- Graeme L. Cohen
- Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122; School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Technology, Sydney, Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia
- Email: g.cohen@maths.uts.edu.au
- Received by editor(s): October 24, 1995
- Received by editor(s) in revised form: July 10, 1996
- © Copyright 1998 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Math. Comp. 67 (1998), 1323-1330
- MSC (1991): Primary 11A25, 11Y70
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0025-5718-98-00982-X
- MathSciNet review: 1484897