Perfect and Abundant Numbers - a Perfect and Abundant Source for Undergraduate Research Projects (Abstract)

Author(s)

Judy Holdener

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2011

Abstract

In June of 2009, the 47th perfect number was discovered by the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS), a collaborative computing project involving volunteers from all over the world. Like all known perfect numbers before it, this number is even. Does an odd perfect number exist? Are there infinitely many perfect numbers?

Disciplines

Mathematics

Comments

Invited address given at the 2011 Undergraduate Mathematics Day.

eCommons Citation

Holdener, Judy, "Perfect and Abundant Numbers - a Perfect and Abundant Source for Undergraduate Research Projects (Abstract)" (2011). Undergraduate Mathematics Day: Programs, Lectures, Promotional Materials. 17.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/mth_umd/17