Mersenne-prime conjecture for odd redundant divisors

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A positive integer nn is near-perfect if it is the sum of all its proper divisors except one proper divisor, called its redundant divisor. The number nn is even when it is divisible by 22, and a Mersenne prime is a prime of the form 2p−12^p-1 with pp prime. Mersenne-prime conjecture. If an even near-perfect number has an odd redundant divisor, then that redundant divisor is a Mersenne prime. This is presented as a conjecture and is used later as one of the hypotheses for an Euler-like theorem.

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Vladimir Shevelev, “On perfect and near-perfect numbers”, arXiv:1011.6160 (2012).

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