Perfect fibonacci and lucas numbers (original) (raw)

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In this note, we show that the classical Fibonacci and Lucas sequence do not contain any perfect number.

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  1. Mathematical Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences, Zitnà, 25, 115 67, Praha 1, Czech Republic
    Florian Luca

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Luca, F. Perfect fibonacci and lucas numbers.Rend. Circ. Mat. Palermo 49, 313–318 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02904236

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