"amicable number" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: amicable numbers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} amicable number (plural amicable numbers)
  1. (number theory) One of a pair of numbers having the property that the sum of the divisors of each, excluding itself, is equal to the other number. Wikipedia link: amicable number Categories (topical): Number theory Related terms: abundant number, deficient number, perfect number, sociable numbers Translations (number theory): nombres amics [masculine, plural] (Catalan), ystäväluku (Finnish), nombres amicaux [masculine, plural] (French), befreundete Zahlen (German), מספר ידידותי (Hebrew), barátságos számok (Hungarian), numero amicabile [masculine] (Italian), numerus amīcābilis [New-Latin, masculine] (Latin), número amigo [masculine] (Portuguese), número amigável [masculine] (Portuguese), números amigos [masculine, plural] (Spanish), vänskapliga tal (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-amicable_number-en-noun-H~QsKdxS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: mathematics, number-theory, sciences

Inflected forms

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