Define the Harmonic Mean of the Divisors of 
where 
 is the Tau Function (the number of Divisors of 
).  If 
 is a Perfect
Number, 
 is an Integer.  Ore conjectured that if 
 is Odd, then 
 is not an Integer.  This
implies that no Odd Perfect Numbers exist.
See also Harmonic Divisor Number, Harmonic Mean, Perfect Number, Tau Function
 
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1999-05-26