When the sum of the divisors of a natural number n, S(n), is 2n, n is said to be a perfect number. For example, 6 and 28 are perfect numbers. This is because 2 x 6 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 6 Proposition 36 of Book 9 of Euclid's Stoicheia describes perfect numbers as follows: "If, beginning with a unit, any number is determined which is in the ratio of 1 to 2, so that the sum of all these is a prime number, and if the whole is multiplied by the last number to produce a number, then the product will be a perfect number." In other words, No odd perfect numbers have been found, and it is still not known whether there are an infinite number of even perfect numbers, i.e. whether there are an infinite number of prime numbers of the form 2 n -1. [Tsuneo Adachi] Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
自然数nの約数の和S(n)が2nとなるとき、nは完全数であるといわれる。たとえば、6や28は完全数である。なぜなら ユークリッドの『ストイケイア』第9巻の命題36に次のように完全数の記述がある。「もし単位から始まり順次に1対2の比をなす任意個の数が定められ、それらの総和が素数になるようにされ、そして全体が最後の数に掛けられてある数をつくるならば、その積は完全数であろう」。つまり、 奇数の完全数はみつかっていない。また、偶数の完全数が無数にあるかどうか、つまり2n-1の形の素数が無数にあるかどうかは現在でも知られていない。 [足立恒雄] 出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例 |
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