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Brief Report Number ω(n) of distinct prime factors for a kind of odd perfect number

  • ZHANG Si-Bao ,
  • DENG Yong
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  • Department of Mathematics, Kashgar Teachers College, Kashgar 844007, China

Received date: 2010-06-24

  Revised date: 2010-10-15

  Online published: 2011-07-15

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Supported by the High Education Item of Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XJEDU2008I31 ); the Science Foundation of Kashgar Teacher College (092307) 

Abstract

The existence of odd perfect numbers is a well-known open problem in number theory. We prove that if n is an odd perfect number which is relatively prime to 3, then ω(n)≥16, where ω(n) is the number of distinct prime factors of n.

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ZHANG Si-Bao , DENG Yong . Brief Report Number ω(n) of distinct prime factors for a kind of odd perfect number[J]. Journal of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2011 , 28(4) : 548 -550 . DOI: 10.7523/j.issn.2095-6134.2011.4.016

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