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    Finite Mathematics - Number System - Amicable Pair

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    In 1866, a sixteen-year-old Italian student, Nicolo Paganini, discovered the second smallest amicable pair: 1184 = 2^5 x 11^2. Confirm that this pair is indeed amicable, but is not found by Thabit's rule.
    The second smallest amicable pair is (1184, 1210).

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    1184 = 2^5 x 37. The sum of the proper ...

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