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===Primitive weird numbers=== A property of weird numbers is that if ''n'' is weird, and ''p'' is a prime greater than the [[sum of divisors]] Ο(''n''), then ''pn'' is also weird.<ref name=benk1/> This leads to the definition of ''primitive weird numbers'': weird numbers that are not a [[multiple (mathematics)|multiple]] of other weird numbers {{OEIS|id=A002975}}. Among the 1765 weird numbers less than one million, there are 24 primitive weird numbers. The construction of Kravitz yields primitive weird numbers, since all weird numbers of the form <math>2^k p q</math> are primitive, but the existence of infinitely many ''k'' and ''Q'' which yield a prime ''R'' is not guaranteed. It is [[conjecture]]d that there exist infinitely many primitive weird numbers, and [[Giuseppe Melfi|Melfi]] has shown that the infinitude of primitive weird numbers is a consequence of [[CramΓ©r's conjecture]].<ref> {{cite journal | last =Melfi | first =Giuseppe | title =On the conditional infiniteness of primitive weird numbers | journal =Journal of Number Theory | volume =147 | issue = | pages = 508β514 | publisher =Elsevier | year =2015 | doi= 10.1016/j.jnt.2014.07.024 | zbl= | doi-access = }}</ref> Primitive weird numbers with as many as 16 prime factors and 14712 digits have been found.<ref> {{cite journal | last1 =Amato | first1 =Gianluca | last2 =Hasler | first2 =Maximilian | last3 =Melfi | first3 =Giuseppe | last4 =Parton | first4 =Maurizio | title =Primitive abundant and weird numbers with many prime factors | journal =Journal of Number Theory | volume =201 | issue = | pages = 436β459 | publisher =Elsevier | year =2019 | doi= 10.1016/j.jnt.2019.02.027 | zbl= | arxiv =1802.07178 | s2cid =119136924 }}</ref>
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