| Divisibility-based sets of integers |
| Form of factorization: |
| Prime number |
| Composite number |
| Powerful number |
| Square-free number |
| Achilles number |
| Constrained divisor sums: |
| Perfect number |
| Almost perfect number |
| Quasiperfect number |
| Multiply perfect number |
| Hyperperfect number |
| Superperfect number |
| Unitary perfect number |
| Semiperfect number |
| Primitive semiperfect number |
| Practical number |
| Numbers with many divisors: |
| Abundant number |
| Highly abundant number |
| Superabundant number |
| Colossally abundant number |
| Highly composite number |
| Superior highly composite number |
| Other: |
| Deficient number |
| Weird number |
| Amicable number |
| Friendly number |
| Sociable number |
| Solitary number |
| Sublime number |
| Harmonic divisor number |
| Frugal number |
| Equidigital number |
| Extravagant number |
| See also: |
| Divisor function |
| Divisor |
| Prime factor |
| Factorization |
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 first few superperfect numbers are
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.[1]
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.[1] There are no odd superperfect numbers below 7x1024.[2]
Perfect and superperfect numbers are examples of the wider class of (m,k)-perfect numbers which satisfy
With this notation, perfect numbers are (1,2)-perfect and superperfect numbers are (2,2)-perfect. Other classes of (m,k)-perfect numbers are:
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m k (m,k)-perfect numbers OEIS sequence 2 3 8, 21, 512 A019281 2 4 15, 1023, 29127 A019282 2 6 42, 84, 160, 336, 1344, 86016, 550095, 1376256, 5505024 A019283 2 7 24, 1536, 47360, 343976 A019284 2 8 60, 240, 960, 4092, 16368, 58254, 61440, 65472, 116508, 466032, 710400, 983040, 1864128, 3932160, 4190208, 67043328, 119304192, 268173312, 1908867072 A019285 2 9 168, 10752, 331520, 691200, 1556480, 1612800, 106151936 A019286 2 10 480, 504, 13824, 32256, 32736, 1980342, 1396617984, 3258775296 A019287 2 11 4404480, 57669920, 238608384 A019288 2 12 2200380, 8801520, 14913024, 35206080, 140896000, 459818240, 775898880, 2253189120 A019289 3 any 12, 14, 24, 52, 98, 156, 294, 684, 910, 1368, 1440, 4480, 4788, 5460, 5840, ... A019292 4 any 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 26, 32, 39, 42, 60, 65, 72, 84, 96, 160, 182, ... A019293
References
- ^ a b Weisstein, Eric W., "Superperfect Number" from MathWorld.
- ^ Problem B9 in Richard K. Guy's Unsolved Problems in Number Theory (ISBN 0-387-94289-0)
- Superperfect Numbers, Björn Böttcher
- Superperfect Number at PlanetMath.
- G. L. Cohen and H. J. J. te Riele, Iterating the sum-of-divisors function, Experimental Mathematics, 5 (1996), pp. 93-100
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