List of perfect numbers
The following is a list of the known perfect numbers, along with the Mersenne prime exponent p which generates them with the expression 2p−1× (2p − 1) where 2p − 1 is a Mersenne prime. All even perfect numbers are of this form. It is not known whether there are any odd perfect numbers.[1] As of 2015[update] there are 48 known perfect numbers in total.[2][3][4] The ratio p / digits approaches log(10) / log(4) = 1.6609640474...
Rank | p | Perfect number | Digits | Year | Discoverer |
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1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4th century B.C.[5] | Euclid |
2 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 4th century B.C. | Euclid |
3 | 5 | 496 | 3 | 4th century B.C. | Euclid |
4 | 7 | 8128 | 4 | 4th century B.C. | Euclid |
5 | 13 | 33550336 | 8 | 1456 | First seen in a medieval manuscript, Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, CLM 14908, fol. 33[6] |
6 | 17 | 8589869056 | 10 | 1588 | Cataldi[1] |
7 | 19 | 137438691328 | 12 | 1588 | Cataldi[1] |
8 | 31 | 2305843008139952128 | 19 | 1772 | Euler |
9 | 61 | 265845599156...615953842176 | 37 | 1883 | Pervushin |
10 | 89 | 191561942608...321548169216 | 54 | 1911 | Powers |
11 | 107 | 131640364585...117783728128 | 65 | 1914 | Powers |
12 | 127 | 144740111546...131199152128 | 77 | 1876 | Lucas |
13 | 521 | 235627234572...160555646976 | 314 | 1952 | Robinson |
14 | 607 | 141053783706...759537328128 | 366 | 1952 | Robinson |
15 | 1,279 | 541625262843...764984291328 | 770 | 1952 | Robinson |
16 | 2,203 | 108925835505...834453782528 | 1,327 | 1952 | Robinson |
17 | 2,281 | 994970543370...675139915776 | 1,373 | 1952 | Robinson |
18 | 3,217 | 335708321319...332628525056 | 1,937 | 1957 | Riesel |
19 | 4,253 | 182017490401...437133377536 | 2,561 | 1961 | Hurwitz |
20 | 4,423 | 407672717110...642912534528 | 2,663 | 1961 | Hurwitz |
21 | 9,689 | 114347317530...558429577216 | 5,834 | 1963 | Gillies |
22 | 9,941 | 598885496387...324073496576 | 5,985 | 1963 | Gillies |
23 | 11,213 | 395961321281...702691086336 | 6,751 | 1963 | Gillies |
24 | 19,937 | 931144559095...790271942656 | 12,003 | 1971 | Tuckerman |
25 | 21,701 | 100656497054...255141605376 | 13,066 | 1978 | Noll & Nickel |
26 | 23,209 | 811537765823...603941666816 | 13,973 | 1979 | Noll |
27 | 44,497 | 365093519915...353031827456 | 26,790 | 1979 | Nelson & Slowinski |
28 | 86,243 | 144145836177...957360406528 | 51,924 | 1982 | Slowinski |
29 | 110,503 | 136204582133...233603862528 | 66,530 | 1988 | Colquitt & Welsh |
30 | 132,049 | 131451295454...491774550016 | 79,502 | 1983 | Slowinski |
31 | 216,091 | 278327459220...416840880128 | 130,100 | 1985 | Slowinski |
32 | 756,839 | 151616570220...600565731328 | 455,663 | 1992 | Slowinski & Gage |
33 | 859,433 | 838488226750...540416167936 | 517,430 | 1994 | Slowinski & Gage |
34 | 1,257,787 | 849732889343...028118704128 | 757,263 | 1996 | Slowinski & Gage |
35 | 1,398,269 | 331882354881...017723375616 | 841,842 | 1996 | Armengaud, Woltman, et al. |
36 | 2,976,221 | 194276425328...724174462976 | 1,791,864 | 1997 | Spence, Woltman, et al. |
37 | 3,021,377 | 811686848628...573022457856 | 1,819,050 | 1998 | Clarkson, Woltman, Kurowski, et al. |
38 | 6,972,593 | 955176030521...475123572736 | 4,197,919 | 1999 | Hajratwala, Woltman, Kurowski, et al. |
39 | 13,466,917 | 427764159021...460863021056 | 8,107,892 | 2001 | Cameron, Woltman, Kurowski, et al. |
40 | 20,996,011 | 793508909365...578206896128 | 12,640,858 | 2003 | Shafer, Woltman, Kurowski, et al. |
41 | 24,036,583 | 448233026179...460572950528 | 14,471,465 | 2004 | Findley, Woltman, Kurowski, et al. |
42 | 25,964,951 | 746209841900...874791088128 | 15,632,458 | 2005 | Nowak, Woltman, Kurowski, et al. |
43 | 30,402,457 | 497437765459...536164704256 | 18,304,103 | 2005 | Cooper, Boone, Woltman, Kurowski, et al. |
44 | 32,582,657 | 775946855336...476577120256 | 19,616,714 | 2006 | Cooper, Boone, Woltman, Kurowski, et al. |
45 | 37,156,667 | 204534225534...975074480128 | 22,370,543 | 2008 | Elvenich, Woltman, Kurowski, et al. |
46 | 42,643,801 | 144285057960...837377253376 | 25,674,127 | 2009 | Strindmo, Woltman, Kurowski, et al. |
47 | 43,112,609 | 500767156849...221145378816 | 25,956,377 | 2008 | Smith, Woltman, Kurowski, et al. |
48 | 57,885,161 | 169296395301...626270130176 | 34,850,340 | 2013 | Cooper, Woltman, Kurowski, et al. |
The displayed ranks are among those perfect numbers which are known as of November 2014. Some ranks may change later if smaller perfect numbers are discovered. It is known there is no odd perfect number below 101500.[7] GIMPS reported that by 8 November 2014 the search for Mersenne primes (and thereby even perfect numbers) became exhaustive up to the 44th above.[8]
References
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- ↑ Chris Caldwell, "Mersenne Primes: History, Theorems and Lists" at The Prime Pages. Retrieved 2009-09-19.
- ↑ The Penguin's Dictionary of curious and interesting numbers
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Ochem, Pascal; Rao, Michael, "Odd Perfect Numbers Are Greater Than 10^1500", MATHEMATICS OF COMPUTATION, Volume 81, Number 279, July 2012, Pages 1869–1877. S 0025-5718(2012)02563-4. Article electronically published on January 30, 2012
- ↑ ""GIMPS Milestones Report". Retrieved 2014-11-16.