Definition:Divisibility/Historical Note

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Historical Note on Divisibility

The concept of divisibility has been studied for over $3000$ years.

from before the time of Pythagoras of Samos, the ancient Greeks were considering questions about:

odd and even numbers.
perfect numbers
amicable numbers
prime numbers

as well as many other.

Even today, some of those questions remain unanswered.


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