"weird number" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: weird numbers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} weird number (plural weird numbers)
  1. (number theory) A natural number that is abundant but not semiperfect; one for which the sum of the proper divisors (including 1 but not itself) is greater than the number, but no subset of those divisors sums to the number itself. Wikipedia link: weird number Categories (topical): Number theory Translations (natural number): outo luku (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-weird_number-en-noun-uPTWoNmw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: mathematics, number-theory, sciences

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