% Format: AMSTeX \documentstyle{amsppt} \parindent=0pt \parskip=\baselineskip \hoffset=.75in \topmatter \title \chapter{1} Unsolved Problems\endtitle \endtopmatter \document \head{1.1} Odd Perfect Numbers\endhead A number is said to be {\it perfect\/} if it is the sum of its divisors. For example, $6$ is perfect because $1+2+3 = 6$, and $1$, $2$, and $3$ are the only numbers that divide evenly into $6$ (apart from $6$ itself). It has been shown that all even perfect numbers have the form $$2^{p-1}(2^{p}-1)$$ where $p$ and $2^{p}-1$ are both prime. The existence of {\it odd\/} perfect numbers is an open question. \enddocument