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From: jmh@ukc.UUCP (J.M.Hague)
Newsgroups: net.math
Subject: Amicable (semi-perfect) numbers/ star ?
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Date: Wed, 28-Nov-84 09:31:50 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 28 09:31:50 1984
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[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.

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..!mcvax!ukc!jmh			Jim Hague