Thābit ibn Qurra and the pair of amicable numbers 17296, 18416 (Q1061725)
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Thābit ibn Qurra and the pair of amicable numbers 17296, 18416 (English)
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1985
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The author defines amicable numbers, gives Thābit's method of finding amicable pairs, and proves that this method was probably unknown in antiquity, Thābit being the first to discover it, together with, at least, the pair 17296, 18416.
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