Question

This is an extra credit problem my professor asked us to do... find an perfect odd number

Answer 1

1

Answer 2

That's a rather challenging EC problem.

Answer 3

yeah no, because it cannot include the number itself

Answer 4

good luck with that :)

Answer 5

I believe that is a research problem not extra credit

Answer 6

28

Answer 7

There's probably some prize money you could get if you find an odd perfect number.

Answer 8

I guess I will never get the extra credit then.. :( Maybe I should just put done, have not found yet?

Answer 9

http://unsolvedproblems.org/index_files/OddPerfect.htm

Answer 10

42 is the answer to everything.

Answer 11

^

Answer 12

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/OddPerfectNumber.html

Answer 13

http://www.yalesafe.com/yalesafe/yales_perfect_proof.htm

Answer 14

perfect googlers lol

Answer 15

lol!!
That's coool

Answer 16

Wooow. Rude professor be trolllin'.

Answer 17

don't trust anything that is not peer reviewed

Answer 18

^^ what zarkon said.

Answer 19

What'll happen?

Answer 20

good reminder!

Answer 21

lol does 0 count as a perfect odd number?

Answer 22

0 isn't odd.

Answer 23

0 is an even number, I think

Answer 24

well if 0 was perfect that would be odd

Answer 25

It's not even either

Answer 26

hahahhah xD

Answer 27

lol, Zarkon.

Answer 28

Odd Perfect Number

A number N is perfect if the sum of its divisors, including 1 but excluding itself, add up to N.

So, for example, 28 is perfect because 1 + 2 + 4 + 7 + 14 = 28.

The problem is to find an odd perfect number, or prove that no such number exists.

That's waht google said. Of course, it doesn't say 42 was right, so idunnow

Answer 29

is there a name for odd perfect number?

Answer 30

7 is odd because 7 ate 9

Answer 31

An odd perfect number :P

Answer 32

lol, I thought if perfect number was from ancient Greek.. they'll have a word for it...

Answer 33

teleioi

Answer 34

If I may, what class is this for? Intro to number theory?

Answer 35

pythogoras was an ancient greek who though all number should be perfect squares lol.

THere is also the golden ratio aka phie people think it is the perfect number for ratios.

Answer 36

Timo makes a point.
*see what I did there*

Answer 37

My point :D

Answer 38

lol *claps*

Answer 39

A point having a large space
contradiction lol

Answer 40

@ KingGeorge it is just an "Intro to advance math" course .. my professor likes to talk about unsolvable problems...

Answer 41

unsolved*

Answer 42

What sort of stuff do in this course? Set theory, induction, modular arithmetic, stuff like that?

Answer 43

humm it's just a class for learning how to proof..

Answer 44

*Usually his extra credit problems can be solved.... so I don't know why...

Answer 45

part of the job description of a professor is to torture their students

Answer 46

Do they get bonuses for it?

Answer 47

yes

Answer 48

it is in the contract.

Answer 49

Zarkon, are you a professor?

Answer 50

maybe

Answer 51

-__- high school or college?

Answer 52

I am an associate professor of Mathematics