Erdős–Nicolas number
| Named after | Paul Erdős, Jean-Louis Nicolas |
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| Publication year | 1975 |
| Author of publication | Erdős, P., Nicolas, J. L. |
| Subsequence of | Abundant numbers |
| First terms | 24, 2016, 8190 |
| Largest known term | 3304572752464376776401640967110656 |
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In number theory, an Erdős–Nicolas number is a number that is not perfect, but that equals one of the partial sums of its divisors. That is, a number n is an Erdős–Nicolas number when there exists another number m such that
The first ten Erdős–Nicolas numbers are
- 24, 2016, 8190, 42336, 45864, 392448, 714240, 1571328, 61900800 and 91963648. ((sequence A194472 in the OEIS))
They are named after Paul Erdős and Jean-Louis Nicolas, who wrote about them in 1975.