Integer Bars: More About Multiplication Exercise Find all of the numbers that are perfect squares between 1 and 100 . Composites - A composite is the product of two or more prime numbers. http://www.arcytech.org/java/integers/multiplication2.html
Extractions: More About Multiplication Perfect Squares - Mathematically, a perfect square is when you multiply a two numbers that are the same. The result of the multiplication is the perfect square. For example, 4 x 4 = 16 Therefore, 16 is a perfect square. To use the integer bars to find a perfect square, you can follow the methods described in Activity 1 and you will end up with an image that is a perfect square. Here is an example of using the integer bars to show the square of the number 4: The perfect square on the left is made of 4 bars of size 4. The one on the right is made by overlapping two size 4 bars then filling out the empty space to complete the perfect square. In bothe cases the answer is 16. Exercise - Find all of the numbers that are perfect squares between 1 and 100. You can use the Multiplication Table that you filled out in the exercise above. When you are done, check your answers Prime Numbers and Composites Prime Numbers - A prime number is a whole number that only has two factors which are itself and one. For example the number 7 has only two factors which are 1 x 7 = 7. There are no other factors that you can multiply to get the answer 7. Another example would be the number 13. The only two factors that you can multiply to get 13 are 1 x 13 = 13. Here is a list of all the prime numbers between 2 and 100: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, and 97
Halfbakery: Prime Melodies prime numbers are those divisible only by themselves and one and are regarded as prime interval (perfect fifth) mentioned. bristolz, Oct 04 2004, http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/Prime_20Melodies
Extractions: Prime numbers are those divisible only by themselves and one and are regarded as beautiful by pure mathematicians. There are no discovered patterns to the dispersal of prime numbers within number sets and indeed, for all our advances, there are no formulas to predict the next prime number. Within an octave of 8 notes, 5 of these notes are prime. Within the key of C, the notes C, D, E, G, A and B [notes 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 within the octave] are prime. I propose musical pieces composed only using prime notes : Prime Melodies. The chords and melodies available will have a mathematical beauty about them. Extra emphasis on chords such as CMaj7th should be used as it employs the 1, 3, 5, 7 of the key. It's a prime chord. jonthegeologist , Oct 30 2003
Large Numbers -- Notes At MROB For more perfect numbers, check the list of Mersenne primes below and use theformula For each Mersenne prime there is also a perfect number Pp given by http://home.earthlink.net/~mrob/pub/math/ln-notes1.html
Extractions: Thu Jul 28 18:19:08 PDT 2005 ah, the stuff that is sent blindly to this list. This bounced because the sender is not a subscriber, but I thought some of you may find it amusing. For that matter, someone may want to take him seriously, and reply. As he's not a subscriber, you'd have to email him directly. If any significant correspondence comes out of this, it might be interesting to post a summary to the list. Original Message Subject: primes news From: "Salim Ghodeif" < sghodeif at hotmail.com prime at hogranch.com More information about the Prime mailing list
Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math FAQ: Perfect Numbers How can you calculate a perfect number from a Mersenne prime? After readingup on how known perfect numbers relate to Mersenne prime numbers, http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.perfect.html
Extractions: The factors of 8128 are 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 127, 254, 508, 1016, 2032, 4064 and 8128. I'll let you add them up. According to The Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the term was first used in the fourteenth century. The Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia says that perfect numbers are "another example of Greek progress in number theory," and credits the Pythagoreans for coining the term "perfect." If you are interested in learning more about "perfect" numbers, you should also read up about "Mersenne" prime numbers because they are closely related. The first four perfect numbers were known over 2,000 years ago. Some ancient cultures gave mystic interpretations to numbers that they thought were magic.
Math Forum - Ask Dr. Math What is the next perfect number after 28? The number 1 is not regarded as aprime number. So, the prime numbers begin with 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/57044.html
Extractions: Associated Topics Dr. Math Home Search Dr. Math Date: 11/3/96 at 9:28:54 From: Anonymous Subject: math question What is the next perfect number after 28? http://mathforum.org/dr.math/ Date: 11/04/96 at 19:44:54 From: Anonymous Subject: Re: math question Thank you for answering my question about the next perfect number after 28. I would be interested to learn more about how you could find a formula that finds perfect numbers. I am only in 6th grade so I cannot understand mathematical words, but that doesn't mean that I am a numbskull. Sincerely, DZINE http://www.utm.edu/research/primes/mersenne.shtml -Doctor Yiu, The Math Forum Check out our web site! http://mathforum.org/dr.math/ Associated Topics
Prime Magic Squares All numbers are prime. Orders 4 5 perfect prime Squares Order3 Super-perfectprime Square prime Number Patterns http://www.geocities.com/~harveyh/primesqr.htm
Extractions: P rime Magic Squares CONTENTS This magic square consists of 9 consecutive, 93-digit prime numbers. This order-3 uses consecutive primes not in arithmetic progression. This order-4 has a magic sum of 258 This order-5 has a magic sum of 1703 An order-6 pandiagonal magic square with a surprisingly small sum. This is the smallest possible with primes in arithmetic progression. An order-4 pandiagonal magic square using 14 or 15 digit primes. 73 consecutive primes from 3 to 373 together form 2 magic squares. Prime # 37 to 103, 107 to 239 and 241 to 457 make 3 magic squares. Orders 8, 6 and 4 using distinct 4-digit primes. These primes are neither consecutive or in arithmetical progression. All numbers in these order-3's are 11-digit palindromic primes. Nested squares of orders 13, 11, 9, 7, 5, 3, 1.
Multiply Perfect Numbers and a further list of multiply perfect numbers sorted only by their Call thesize of a substitution the number of different primes involved. http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/~achim/mpn.html
Extractions: Let o(n) be the number theoretic function which denotes the sum of all divisors of a natural number n . If o(n) is an integral multiply of n , then n is denoted as a multiply perfect number or k-fold perfect number (also called multiperfect number or pluperfect number ). Call o(n)/n abundancy (also called index or multiplicity ) of n . A multiply perfect number is called proper 1+2+3+4+5+6+8+10+12+15+20+24+30+40+60+120=o(120)=o(2^3*3*5)=o(2^3)*o(3)*o(5)=(1+2+4+8)*(1+3)*(1+5)=15*4*6=360=3*120 Hence 120 is a 3-fold perfect number. Abundancy Count When last number was discovered Which was last? Are all discovered? Rough total number yes and proved no, there are infinitely many oo yes yes yes yes almost surely yes probably not no no no In column "Which was last?" the identifier ln(ln(MPN)) is given for those which were verfied by me. I checked these numbers only for those 5147 MPNs claimed before 2005-01-01.
VACETS Technical Column - Tc48 Note that, with the discovery of the new prime number, a new perfect number can The new Mersenne prime has 378632 digits and the new even perfect number http://www.vacets.org/tc/tc48.html
Mersenne Prime - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Mersenne primes have a close connection to perfect numbers, which are numbersthat are equal to the sum of their proper divisors. Historically, the study of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersenne_prime
Extractions: In mathematics , a Mersenne prime is a prime number that is one less than a power of two . For example, 3 = 4 â 1 = 2 â 1 is a Mersenne prime; so is 7 = 8 â 1 = 2 â 1. On the other hand, 15 = 16 â 1 = 2 â 1, for example, is not a prime, because 15 is divisible by 3 and 5. More generally, Mersenne numbers (not necessarily primes, but candidates for primes) are numbers that are one less than a power of two; hence, Mersenne primes have a close connection to perfect numbers , which are numbers that are equal to the sum of their proper divisors. Historically, the study of Mersenne primes was motivated by this connection; in the 4th century BC Euclid demonstrated that if M is a Mersenne prime then M(M+1)/2 is a perfect number. Two millennia later, in the 18th century Euler proved that all even perfect numbers have this form. No odd perfect numbers are known, and it is suspected that none exists. It is currently unknown whether there is an infinite number of Mersenne primes See also ... edit Mersenne numbers share several properties: M n is a sum of binomial coefficients: If a is a divisor of M q (q prime) then a and: A theorem from Euler about numbers of the form shows that M q (q prime) is a prime if and only if there exists only one pair x y such that: M q x y with . More recently, Bas Jansen has studied
Mathematics Archives - Topics In Mathematics - Number Theory KEYWORDS Number theory, prime numbers, primality tests; Lehmer s Conjecture KEYWORDS perfect numbers, Mersenne numbers, Triangular numbers, http://archives.math.utk.edu/topics/numberTheory.html
SS > Factoids > Perfect Number No odd perfect numbers are known, but if one does exist, a lot is known about it.it is a perfect square multiplied by an odd power of a single prime http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~susan/cyc/p/perfect.htm
Kathryn Cramer: Teaching Perfect Squares With Legos Then I explained about prime numbers. Listed below are links to weblogs thatreference Teaching perfect Squares with Legos http://www.kathryncramer.com/kathryn_cramer/2005/07/teaching_perfec.html
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A Prime Way To Find Perfect Numbers If 2n 1 is a prime number then 2n - 1(2n - 1) is a perfect number. The secondtheorem gives us a method of finding perfect numbers. http://users.tru.eastlink.ca/~brsears/math/primperf.htm
Extractions: A Prime Way to Find Perfect Numbers Prime numbers are numbers that cannot be expressed as the product of 2 whole numbers, other than 1 and the number itself. They are called prime because they cannot be factored into smaller numbers. The number 1 is not defined as prime. Here is a list of all the prime numbers less than 1000: How can we determine whether a number is prime or not? One obvious way is to divide the number by each smaller number, except 1. If any divide evenly, then the number is not prime. Actually we only need to try the numbers less than or equal to the square root of the number we are testing. For very large numbers, this method can take a long time. Even using modern computers, there is a practical limit to how many prime numbers we can find. Numbers that are not prime, except for 1, are called composite. Any composite number can be expressed as the product of a unique set of prime numbers. It is possible to prove that there are infinitely many prime numbers. We can also make an observation about the relative frequency of prime numbers. The prime number theorem tells us: If P(N) is the number of primes less than or equal to N, then the ratio N/P(N) approaches the natural logarithm of N as N approaches infinity.
Sublime Numbers Also, every even perfect number is of the form (2s 1) 2s-1 where 2s - 1 is aprime. Thus an even perfect number has exactly one odd prime factor. http://www.mathpages.com/home/kmath202/kmath202.htm
Extractions: Sublime Numbers For any positive integer n let t (n) denote the number of divisors of n, and let s (n) denote the sum of those divisors. The ancient Greeks classified each natural number n as "deficient", "abundant", or "perfect" according to whether s (n) was less than, greater than, or equal to 2n. Notice that the number 12 has 6 divisors, and the sum of those divisors is 28. Both 6 and 28 are perfect numbers. Let's refer to a natural number n as "sublime" if the sum and number of its divisors are both perfect. Do there exist any sublime numbers other than 12? To answer this question, recall that for any integer N with prime factorization we have Also, every even perfect number is of the form (2 s s-1 where 2 s - 1 is a prime. Thus an even perfect number has exactly one odd prime factor. Now suppose N is divisible by exactly k powers of 2. It follows that s (N) is divisible by 2 k+1 1, which is odd, so this must be a prime (else it would factor into two odd primes). Also, all the other factors of N must then contribute a combined factor of 2 k to s (N). But each odd prime power p
Computing Perfect(prime) Numbers A perfect number is a number whose divisors not including the original numberadd up to Fast? way to find primes, dividing by odd numbers } Function http://www.piclist.com/techref/language/delphi/swag/MATH0108.html
Grade 5: Prime Factorization: When Students Ask rely on the ability to express a number as a product of prime numbers.For example, a perfect number is one whose proper factors (factors less than the http://www.eduplace.com/math/mw/background/5/07/te_5_07_factors_ask.html
Extractions: The prime factorization of a number is used in many algorithms such as finding the least common multiple and the greatest common divisor. These in turn are used in working with fractions. The least common multiple is used when finding the lowest common denominator, and the greatest common factor is used in simplifying a fraction. Many patterns, formulas, and number concepts in number theory rely on the ability to express a number as a product of prime numbers. For example, a perfect number is one whose proper factors (factors less than the number) add up to the given number. The smallest perfect number is six, and its proper factors are 1, 2 and 3. After showing that six is perfect, you could ask students to find the next perfect number (28). What is the greatest prime number? There is no greatest prime number. The greatest prime number discovered so far has 895,932 digits, but there are undoubtedly greater ones. A famous mathematician named Euclid was able to prove many years ago that there is no greatest prime number. Are there rules for divisibility for 6, 7, 8, and 11?
Prime Numbers prime numbers. AM finds some simple patterns among these definitions the set that all numbers with three divisors are also perfect squares;To see this, http://web.media.mit.edu/~haase/thesis/node59.html
Extractions: Next: Properties of Primes Up: The AM Program Previous: Factorization AM finds some simple patterns among these definitions: the set of numbers with zero divisors is empty; the set of numbers with one divisor is itself a singleton (this is found uninteresting); the set of numbers with two divisors (primes without one) is somewhat interesting because there are a reasonable number of examples. The excitment begins as AM notices that all numbers with three divisors are also perfect squares;To see this, consider an integer n with three divisors. One must be 1 and one must be n itself. The remaining divisor p must produce n by repeated multiplication so that . If , must also be a factor of n . Since n has only three divisors, this cannot be the case so making n a perfect square. this makes them interesting enough to consider what their square roots are (AM had earlier invented SQUARE-ROOT by inverting SQUARE). It turns out that the square roots of these numbers are all numbers with two divisors. This regularity boosts the interestingness of this class (now renamed `Primes' by Lenat) to a point where detailed examiniations of the properties of primes are undertaken.
Puzzle 111. Spoof Odd Perfect Numbers even perfect numbers, at least as many as Mersenne prime numbers (38 at is an even Spoof perfect Number if you suppose incorrectly that 4 is a prime http://www.primepuzzles.net/puzzles/puzz_111.htm
Extractions: Puzzles Puzzle 111. Spoof odd Perfect numbers It's almost believed that there is not any odd perfect number. But what about "almost" or "quasi" or "spoof" odd perfect numbers? Descartes found one o dd Spoof Perfect Number that is odd only if you suppose (incorrectly) that is prime. You can verify the above statement if you remember that: Questions: 1. Find the least and/or other o dd Spoof Perfect Numbers On the contrary, as you know, there are many even Perfect Numbers , at least as many as Mersenne prime numbers (38 at the moment). But, is there any even Spoof Perfect Number ? The answer is "yes", and in this case there are many of them. The following are the least 3 examples of even Spoof Perfect Number when you suppose incorrectly that one of its factor is prime is an even Spoof Perfect Number if you suppose incorrectly that 4 is a prime
