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[parent] almost perfect number (Definition)

An almost perfect number or least deficient number is a number $ n$ whose proper divisors add up to just one less than itself. That is, $ \sigma(n) - n = n - 1$, with $ \sigma(n)$ being the sum of divisors function. Currently, the only known almost perfect numbers are the integer powers of 2 (e.g., 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, etc.) No one has been able to prove that there are almost perfect numbers of a different form.



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See Also: quasiperfect number

Other names:  least deficient number

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Cross-references: integer, sum of divisors function, proper divisors, number
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AMS MSC11A05 (Number theory :: Elementary number theory :: Multiplicative structure; Euclidean algorithm; greatest common divisors)

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