Friday, 19 November 2004, at 3:30 PM in Lowell Thomas 207

Speaker:

John McCleary - Vassar College

Title:

Hunting Odd Perfect Numbers

Abstract:

The notion of a perfect number was known to the ancients. In this talk I will describe how one might restrict the kind of number that might qualify as an odd perfect number. We can know a lot about such integers without knowing a single example. Or are there any?

 

 

 


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