Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 5/3/83; site ukc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!mcvax!ukc!jmh From: jmh@ukc.UUCP (J.M.Hague) Newsgroups: net.math Subject: Amicable (semi-perfect) numbers/ star ? Message-ID: <4685@ukc.UUCP> Date: Wed, 28-Nov-84 09:31:50 EST Article-I.D.: ukc.4685 Posted: Wed Nov 28 09:31:50 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 1-Dec-84 20:29:39 EST Organization: Computing Laboratory, U of Kent at Canterbury, UK Lines: 26 [Where there's a will ....................... there's a relative] I'm posting this on behalf of a friend not on the net. He has two questions ...... 1. Amicable (semi-perfect) numbers. Can anybody recommend a good source of info on these ? Specifically, has anybody heard of an algorithm for generating them ? 2. Mathematically, what is a star ? A pint or similar is offered for any helpful contributions, but I'm afraid you'll have to go to Birmingham (UK) to get it. Please mail any replies - I'll summarise to the net if the replies warrant. Again, this is on behalf of a friend - I'm NOT a maths buff myself, binary arithmetic is about my level. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ..!mcvax!ukc!jmh Jim Hague