amicable numbers
1Amicable numbers — Amicable Am i*ca*ble, a. [L. amicabilis, fr. amicus friend, fr. amare to love. See {Amiable}.] Friendly; proceeding from, or exhibiting, friendliness; after the manner of friends; peaceable; as, an amicable disposition, or arrangement. [1913… …
2amicable numbers — plural noun (mathematics) see ↑friendly numbers under ↑friend • • • Main Entry: ↑amicable …
3amicable numbers — noun A pair of numbers having the property that the sum of the divisors of each, excluding itself, is equal to the other number. The factors of 220, excluding 220 itself, are 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 11, 20, 22, 44, 55 and 110 and sum to 284; the factors… …
4Amicable number — Amicable numbers are two different numbers so related that the sum of the proper divisors of the one is equal to the other, one being considered as a proper divisor but not the number itself. Such a pair is (220, 284); for the proper divisors of… …
5Amicable — Am i*ca*ble, a. [L. amicabilis, fr. amicus friend, fr. amare to love. See {Amiable}.] Friendly; proceeding from, or exhibiting, friendliness; after the manner of friends; peaceable; as, an amicable disposition, or arrangement. [1913 Webster] That …
6Amicable action — Amicable Am i*ca*ble, a. [L. amicabilis, fr. amicus friend, fr. amare to love. See {Amiable}.] Friendly; proceeding from, or exhibiting, friendliness; after the manner of friends; peaceable; as, an amicable disposition, or arrangement. [1913… …
7amicable number — noun Either of a pair of amicable numbers …
8amicable number — noun : either of two numbers each of which is equal to the sum of all the submultiples of the other * * * Math. either of a pair of positive integers in which each member is equal to the sum of the submultiples of the other, as 220 and 284 …
9friendly numbers — plural noun (mathematics) Pairs of numbers each of which is the sum of the factors of the other, including unity (also called amicable numbers; cf ↑perfect number) • • • Main Entry: ↑friend …
10mathematics — /math euh mat iks/, n. 1. (used with a sing. v.) the systematic treatment of magnitude, relationships between figures and forms, and relations between quantities expressed symbolically. 2. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) mathematical procedures,… …
