Almost perfect number

In mathematics, an almost perfect number (sometimes also called slightly defective or least deficient number) is a natural number n such that the sum of all divisors of n (the sum-of-divisors function σ(n)) is equal to 2n − 1, the sum of all proper divisors of n, s(n) = σ(n) − n, then being equal to n − 1. The only known almost perfect numbers are powers of 2 with non-negative exponents . Therefore the only known odd almost perfect number is 20 = 1, and the only known even almost perfect numbers are those of the form 2k for some positive integer k; however, it has not been shown that all almost perfect numbers are of this form. It is known that an odd almost perfect number greater than 1 would have at least six prime factors.{{ cite journal | last=Kishore | first=Masao | title=Odd integers N with five distinct prime factors for which 2−10−12 −12 | journal=Mathematics of Computation | volume=32 | pages=303–309 | year=1978 | issn=0025-5718 | zbl=0376.10005 | mr=0485658

If m is an odd almost perfect number then m(2m − 1) is a Descartes number. Moreover if a and b are positive odd integers such that b+3 and such that 4m − a and 4m + b are both primes, then m(4m − a)(4m + b) would be an odd weird number. | author-link=Giuseppe Melfi | doi-access =free