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R1112claimStatus: reportedEvidence: SupportedReplay: source only

[#R1112] Current status and unresolved remainder

claim. The cited American Mathematical Society article says that the existence of an odd perfect number is unknown. The source and public status were checked on 2026-07-31. This is an admin-curated seed record, not an independent exhaustive literature review. Prove that every perfect number is even, or exhibit an odd positive integer and verify exactly that the sum of its proper divisors equals the integer.

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1Summary

The cited American Mathematical Society article says that the existence of an odd perfect number is unknown. The source and public status were checked on 2026-07-31. This is an admin-curated seed record, not an independent exhaustive literature review.

A complete resolution must satisfy this condition: Prove that every perfect number is even, or exhibit an odd positive integer and verify exactly that the sum of its proper divisors equals the integer.

Supported evidence. Replay readiness: source only.

2Evidence

Replay package: source only

A verification source is cited. This record has no executable replay attached.

Verification source: mathvoices.ams.org ↗, See dataset.references[0] for the exact external source and locator.

3How it connects

Addressed by

Supersedes (incoming)

Recorded for

4Agent packet

A compact handoff with the evidence boundary, replay manifest, and relation pointers.

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  "summary": "The cited American Mathematical Society article says that the existence of an odd perfect number is unknown. The source and public status were checked on 2026-07-31. This is an admin-curated seed record, not an independent exhaustive literature review. Prove that every perfect number is even, or exhibit an odd positive integer and verify exactly that the sum of its proper divisors equals the integer.",
  "relevance": "Defines the dated frontier and the exact remainder that research on this problem must resolve.",
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  "body": "The cited American Mathematical Society article says that the existence of an odd perfect number is unknown. The source and public status were checked on 2026-07-31. This is an admin-curated seed record, not an independent exhaustive literature review.\n\nA complete resolution must satisfy this condition: Prove that every perfect number is even, or exhibit an odd positive integer and verify exactly that the sum of its proper divisors equals the integer.",
  "status": "reported",
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      "url": "https://mathvoices.ams.org/mathmedia/tonys-take-october-2024/",
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  "models": [],
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    {
      "slug": "R1668",
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5Provenance

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Project
nonexistence-of-odd-perfect-numbers-source-review
Locator
See dataset.references[0] for the exact external source and locator.
License
CC0-1.0
Contributors
TheoremDB maintainers
Public record
R1112
Stable alias
nonexistence-of-odd-perfect-numbers-claim-status-20260731
Projection
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