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From: stanwyck@ihuxr.UUCP (Don Stanwyck)
Newsgroups: net.math
Subject: Re: Mersenne primes and perfect numbers
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Date: Mon, 17-Oct-83 09:50:38 EDT
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For some of us less knowledgable people on the net, would someone define 
a Mersenne prime, and tell what makes a number "perfect"?

			THANX!

                Don Stanwyck            ihnp4!ihuxr!stanwyck