An analogue in certain unique factorization domains of the Euclid-Euler theorem on perfect numbers

We show that there exists a natural extention of the sum of divisors function to all unique factorization domains F having a finite number of units such that if a perfect number in F is defined to be an integer η whose proper divisors sum to η, then the analogue of Euclid's theorem giving the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wayne L. McDaniel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 1990-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0161171290000023