Superperfect Number
In mathematics a superperfect number is a positive integer n that satisfies
where σ is the divisor function. Superperfect numbers are a generalization of perfect numbers. The term was coined by Suryanarayana (1969).
The first few superperfect numbers are
- 2, 4, 16, 64, 4096, 65536, 262144 (sequence A019279 in OEIS).
If n is an even superperfect number then n must be a power of 2, 2k, such that 2k+1-1 is a Mersenne prime.
It is not known whether there are any odd superperfect numbers. An odd superperfect number n would have to be a square number such that either n or σ(n) is divisible by at least three distinct primes. There are no odd superperfect numbers below 7x1024.
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