Sketch of a proof that an odd perfect number relatively prime to 3 has at least eleven prime factors

Hagis, Peter

doi:10.1090/S0025-5718-1983-0679455-1

Sketch of a proof that an odd perfect number relatively prime to $3$ has at least eleven prime factors

Author: Peter Hagis
Journal: Math. Comp. 40 (1983), 399-404
MSC: Primary 11A25; Secondary 11-04
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0025-5718-1983-0679455-1
MathSciNet review: 679455
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Abstract: An argument is outlined which demonstates that every odd perfect number which is not divisible by 3 has at least eleven distinct prime factors.

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