Solving the odd perfect number problem: Some old and new approaches

• Main Author: Dris, Jose Arnaldo Bebita
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2008
• Subjects: Number theory; Perfect numbers
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/3724
• Institution: De La Salle University

A perfect number is a positive integer} N such that the sum of all the positive divisors of N equals 2N, denoted by Sigma(N) = 2N. The question of the existence of odd perfect numbers (OPNs) is one of the longest unsolved problems of number theory. This thesis presents some of the old as well as new...