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0000-0003-2488-9839
Abstract
We provide a selected review of results known or conjectured before Euler entered and changed the quest for perfect numbers. Then we discuss his contributions to the determination of Mersenne primes that fueled research on primality tests.
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Recommended Citation
Hassler, Uwe
(2023)
"Perfect Numbers,"
Euleriana: 3(2), pp.176-185.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56031/2693-9908.1052
Available at:
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/euleriana/vol3/iss2/8