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sociable numbers

sociable numbers is the plural of sociable number.

Meaning of sociable number

Noun

sociable number (plural sociable numbers)

  1. Any of a sequence of numbers having the property that the sum of the divisors of each, excluding itself, is equal to the next number in the sequence; in the case of the last number of the sequence, the sum of the divisors, excluding that number, is equal to the first number of the sequence.
    • The numbers in the sequence <1264460, 1547860, 1727636, 1305184> are sociable numbers.

Questions about sociable numbers

What is sociable numbers the plural of?
Sociable numbers is the plural of sociable number.

Words near sociable numbers in the dictionary

  1. sociability
  2. sociable
  3. sociable lapwing
  4. sociable lapwings
  5. sociable number
  6. sociable numbers
  7. sociable plover
  8. sociable plovers
  9. sociable weaver
  10. sociable weaverbird
  11. sociable weaverbirds

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