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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p>In mathematics, a <b>Størmer number</b> or <b>arc-cotangent irreducible number</b> is a positive integer <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle n}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>n</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle n}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/a601995d55609f2d9f5e233e36fbe9ea26011b3b" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.395ex; height:1.676ex;" alt="{\displaystyle n}"></span> for which the greatest prime factor of <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle n^{2}+1}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msup> <mi>n</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msup> <mo>+</mo> <mn>1</mn> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle n^{2}+1}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/1b0744bc6c0cbdf56197698229110e29b06cb8a9" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.505ex; width:6.452ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle n^{2}+1}"></span> is greater than or equal to <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle 2n}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mn>2</mn> <mi>n</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle 2n}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/134afa8ff09fdddd24b06f289e92e3a045092bd1" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:2.557ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle 2n}"></span>. They are named after <a href="/wiki/Carl_St%C3%B8rmer" title="Carl Størmer">Carl Størmer</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sequence">Sequence</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=St%C3%B8rmer_number&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Sequence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first few Størmer numbers are: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r996643573">.mw-parser-output .block-indent{padding-left:3em;padding-right:0;overflow:hidden}</style><div class="block-indent" style="padding-left: 1.6em;"> <a href="/wiki/1_(number)" class="mw-redirect" title="1 (number)">1</a>, <a href="/wiki/2_(number)" class="mw-redirect" title="2 (number)">2</a>, <a href="/wiki/4_(number)" class="mw-redirect" title="4 (number)">4</a>, <a href="/wiki/5_(number)" class="mw-redirect" title="5 (number)">5</a>, <a href="/wiki/6_(number)" class="mw-redirect" title="6 (number)">6</a>, <a href="/wiki/9_(number)" class="mw-redirect" title="9 (number)">9</a>, <a href="/wiki/10_(number)" class="mw-redirect" title="10 (number)">10</a>, <a href="/wiki/11_(number)" title="11 (number)">11</a>, <a href="/wiki/12_(number)" title="12 (number)">12</a>, <a href="/wiki/14_(number)" title="14 (number)">14</a>, <a href="/wiki/15_(number)" title="15 (number)">15</a>, <a href="/wiki/16_(number)" title="16 (number)">16</a>, <a href="/wiki/19_(number)" title="19 (number)">19</a>, <a href="/wiki/20_(number)" title="20 (number)">20</a>, ... (sequence <span class="nowrap external"><a href="//oeis.org/A005528" class="extiw" title="oeis:A005528">A005528</a></span> in the <a href="/wiki/On-Line_Encyclopedia_of_Integer_Sequences" title="On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences">OEIS</a>). </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Density">Density</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=St%C3%B8rmer_number&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Density"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/John_Todd_(computer_scientist)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Todd (computer scientist)">John Todd</a> proved that this sequence is neither <a href="/wiki/Finite_set" title="Finite set">finite</a> nor <a href="/wiki/Cofinite" class="mw-redirect" title="Cofinite">cofinite</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-t_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1233989161">.mw-parser-output .unsolved{margin:0.5em 0 1em 1em;border:#ccc solid;padding:0.35em 0.35em 0.35em 2.2em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle);background-image:url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Question%2C_Web_Fundamentals.svg");background-position:top 50%left 0.35em;background-size:1.5em;background-repeat:no-repeat}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .unsolved{clear:right;float:right;max-width:25%}}.mw-parser-output .unsolved-label{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .unsolved-body{margin:0.35em;font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output .unsolved-more{font-size:smaller}</style> <div role="note" aria-labelledby="unsolved-label-mathematics" class="unsolved"> <div><span class="unsolved-label" id="unsolved-label-mathematics">Unsolved problem in mathematics</span>:</div> <div class="unsolved-body">What is the natural density of the Størmer numbers?</div> <div class="unsolved-more"><a href="/wiki/List_of_unsolved_problems_in_mathematics" title="List of unsolved problems in mathematics">(more unsolved problems in mathematics)</a></div> </div> <p>More precisely, the <a href="/wiki/Natural_density" title="Natural density">natural density</a> of the Størmer numbers lies between 0.5324 and 0.905. It has been conjectured that their natural density is the <a href="/wiki/Natural_logarithm_of_2" title="Natural logarithm of 2">natural logarithm of 2</a>, approximately 0.693, but this remains unproven.<sup id="cite_ref-eh_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eh-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because the Størmer numbers have positive density, the Størmer numbers form a <a href="/wiki/Large_set_(combinatorics)" title="Large set (combinatorics)">large set</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Application">Application</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=St%C3%B8rmer_number&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Application"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Størmer numbers arise in connection with the problem of representing the <a href="/wiki/Gregory_number" title="Gregory number">Gregory numbers</a> (<a href="/wiki/Arctangent" class="mw-redirect" title="Arctangent">arctangents</a> of <a href="/wiki/Rational_number" title="Rational number">rational numbers</a>) <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle G_{a/b}=\arctan {\frac {b}{a}}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>G</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>a</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>/</mo> </mrow> <mi>b</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo>=</mo> <mi>arctan</mi> <mo>⁡</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mi>b</mi> <mi>a</mi> </mfrac> </mrow> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle G_{a/b}=\arctan {\frac {b}{a}}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/71beada19f09fcbb25fb162bdfae5f394482e8b2" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -1.838ex; width:16.474ex; height:5.343ex;" alt="{\displaystyle G_{a/b}=\arctan {\frac {b}{a}}}"></span> as sums of Gregory numbers for integers (arctangents of <a href="/wiki/Unit_fraction" title="Unit fraction">unit fractions</a>). The Gregory number <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle G_{a/b}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>G</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>a</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>/</mo> </mrow> <mi>b</mi> </mrow> </msub> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle G_{a/b}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/c1c7e644bd1fad494d2f9256e07a19373174f976" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -1.171ex; width:4.456ex; height:3.009ex;" alt="{\displaystyle G_{a/b}}"></span> may be decomposed by repeatedly multiplying the <a href="/wiki/Gaussian_integer" title="Gaussian integer">Gaussian integer</a> <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle a+bi}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>a</mi> <mo>+</mo> <mi>b</mi> <mi>i</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle a+bi}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/a92f853c2c9235c06be640b91b7c75e2a907cbda" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.505ex; width:5.87ex; height:2.343ex;" alt="{\displaystyle a+bi}"></span> by numbers of the form <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle n\pm i}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>n</mi> <mo>±</mo> <mi>i</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle n\pm i}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/26e9a9172523034a991cc881d59bc8a26e515745" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:5.038ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle n\pm i}"></span>, in order to cancel prime factors <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle p}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>p</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle p}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/81eac1e205430d1f40810df36a0edffdc367af36" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.671ex; margin-left: -0.089ex; width:1.259ex; height:2.009ex;" alt="{\displaystyle p}"></span> from the imaginary part; here <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle n}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>n</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle n}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/a601995d55609f2d9f5e233e36fbe9ea26011b3b" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.395ex; height:1.676ex;" alt="{\displaystyle n}"></span> is chosen to be a Størmer number such that <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle n^{2}+1}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msup> <mi>n</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msup> <mo>+</mo> <mn>1</mn> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle n^{2}+1}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/1b0744bc6c0cbdf56197698229110e29b06cb8a9" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.505ex; width:6.452ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle n^{2}+1}"></span> is divisible by <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle p}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>p</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle p}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/81eac1e205430d1f40810df36a0edffdc367af36" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.671ex; margin-left: -0.089ex; width:1.259ex; height:2.009ex;" alt="{\displaystyle p}"></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-cg_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cg-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=St%C3%B8rmer_number&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit 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.reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-t-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-t_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription 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.cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFTodd1949" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/John_Todd_(computer_scientist)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Todd (computer scientist)">Todd, John</a> (1949), "A problem on arc tangent relations", <i><a href="/wiki/American_Mathematical_Monthly" class="mw-redirect" title="American Mathematical Monthly">American Mathematical Monthly</a></i>, <b>56</b> (8): 517–528, <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.2307%2F2305526">10.2307/2305526</a>, <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/2305526">2305526</a>, <a href="/wiki/MR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="MR (identifier)">MR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mathscinet.ams.org/mathscinet-getitem?mr=0031496">0031496</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=American+Mathematical+Monthly&rft.atitle=A+problem+on+arc+tangent+relations&rft.volume=56&rft.issue=8&rft.pages=517-528&rft.date=1949&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmathscinet.ams.org%2Fmathscinet-getitem%3Fmr%3D0031496%23id-name%3DMR&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F2305526%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.2307%2F2305526&rft.aulast=Todd&rft.aufirst=John&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASt%C3%B8rmer+number" class="Z3988"></span>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-eh-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-eh_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEverestHarman2008" class="citation cs2">Everest, Graham; Harman, Glyn (2008), "On primitive divisors of <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle n^{2}+b}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msup> <mi>n</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msup> <mo>+</mo> <mi>b</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle n^{2}+b}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/be92f046db3592690aa5060ad1a1344062c61cbc" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.505ex; width:6.287ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle n^{2}+b}"></span>", <i>Number theory and polynomials</i>, London Math. Soc. Lecture Note Ser., vol. 352, Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, pp. 142–154, <a href="/wiki/ArXiv_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ArXiv (identifier)">arXiv</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0701234">math/0701234</a></span>, <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1017%2FCBO9780511721274.011">10.1017/CBO9780511721274.011</a>, <a href="/wiki/MR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="MR (identifier)">MR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mathscinet.ams.org/mathscinet-getitem?mr=2428520">2428520</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=On+primitive+divisors+of+MATH+RENDER+ERROR&rft.btitle=Number+theory+and+polynomials&rft.series=London+Math.+Soc.+Lecture+Note+Ser.&rft.pages=142-154&rft.pub=Cambridge+Univ.+Press%2C+Cambridge&rft.date=2008&rft_id=info%3Aarxiv%2Fmath%2F0701234&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmathscinet.ams.org%2Fmathscinet-getitem%3Fmr%3D2428520%23id-name%3DMR&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1017%2FCBO9780511721274.011&rft.aulast=Everest&rft.aufirst=Graham&rft.au=Harman%2C+Glyn&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASt%C3%B8rmer+number" class="Z3988"></span>. See in particular Theorem 1.4 and Conjecture 1.5.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-cg-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-cg_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFConwayGuy1996" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/John_Horton_Conway" title="John Horton Conway">Conway, John H.</a>; <a href="/wiki/Richard_K._Guy" title="Richard K. Guy">Guy, R. K.</a> (1996), <i>The Book of Numbers</i>, New York: Copernicus Press, pp. 245–248</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Book+of+Numbers&rft.place=New+York&rft.pages=245-248&rft.pub=Copernicus+Press&rft.date=1996&rft.aulast=Conway&rft.aufirst=John+H.&rft.au=Guy%2C+R.+K.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASt%C3%B8rmer+number" class="Z3988"></span>. 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0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Recursively_defined_numbers" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Recursion" title="Recursion">Recursively</a> defined numbers</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fibonacci_sequence" title="Fibonacci sequence">Fibonacci</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacobsthal_number" title="Jacobsthal number">Jacobsthal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonardo_number" title="Leonardo number">Leonardo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucas_number" title="Lucas number">Lucas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supergolden_ratio#Narayana_sequence" title="Supergolden ratio">Narayana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padovan_sequence" title="Padovan sequence">Padovan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pell_number" title="Pell 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(mathematics)">2-dimensional</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Centered_polygonal_number" title="Centered polygonal number">centered</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Centered_triangular_number" title="Centered triangular number">Centered triangular</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centered_square_number" title="Centered square number">Centered square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centered_pentagonal_number" title="Centered pentagonal number">Centered pentagonal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centered_hexagonal_number" title="Centered hexagonal number">Centered hexagonal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centered_heptagonal_number" title="Centered 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Centered_polyhedral_number" title="Centered polyhedral number">centered</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Centered_tetrahedral_number" title="Centered tetrahedral number">Centered tetrahedral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centered_cube_number" title="Centered cube number">Centered cube</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centered_octahedral_number" title="Centered octahedral number">Centered octahedral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centered_dodecahedral_number" title="Centered dodecahedral number">Centered dodecahedral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centered_icosahedral_number" title="Centered icosahedral number">Centered icosahedral</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Polyhedral_number" class="mw-redirect" title="Polyhedral number">non-centered</a></th><td 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number">Semiperfect</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sublime_number" title="Sublime number">Sublime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superabundant_number" title="Superabundant number">Superabundant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superior_highly_composite_number" title="Superior highly composite number">Superior highly composite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superperfect_number" title="Superperfect number">Superperfect</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Prime_omega_function" title="Prime omega function">Prime omega functions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Almost_prime" title="Almost prime">Almost prime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Semiprime" title="Semiprime">Semiprime</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Euler%27s_totient_function" title="Euler's totient function">Euler's totient function</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Highly_cototient_number" title="Highly cototient number">Highly cototient</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highly_totient_number" title="Highly totient number">Highly totient</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noncototient" title="Noncototient">Noncototient</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nontotient" title="Nontotient">Nontotient</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perfect_totient_number" title="Perfect totient number">Perfect totient</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sparsely_totient_number" title="Sparsely totient number">Sparsely totient</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Aliquot_sequence" title="Aliquot sequence">Aliquot sequences</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amicable_numbers" title="Amicable numbers">Amicable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perfect_number" title="Perfect number">Perfect</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sociable_numbers" class="mw-redirect" title="Sociable numbers">Sociable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Untouchable_number" title="Untouchable number">Untouchable</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Primorial" title="Primorial">Primorial</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Euclid_number" title="Euclid number">Euclid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fortunate_number" title="Fortunate number">Fortunate</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Other_prime_factor_or_divisor_related_numbers" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Other <a href="/wiki/Prime_factor" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime factor">prime factor</a> or <a href="/wiki/Divisor" title="Divisor">divisor</a> related numbers</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blum_integer" title="Blum integer">Blum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclic_number_(group_theory)" title="Cyclic number (group theory)">Cyclic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erd%C5%91s%E2%80%93Nicolas_number" title="Erdős–Nicolas number">Erdős–Nicolas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erd%C5%91s%E2%80%93Woods_number" title="Erdős–Woods number">Erdős–Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friendly_number" title="Friendly number">Friendly</a></li> <li><a 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Numeral_system-dependent_numbers" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Numeral_system" title="Numeral system">Numeral system</a>-dependent numbers</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Arithmetic_function" title="Arithmetic function">Arithmetic functions</a> <br />and <a href="/wiki/Arithmetic_dynamics" title="Arithmetic dynamics">dynamics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Persistence_of_a_number" 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style="width:1%">Digit product</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Multiplicative_digital_root" title="Multiplicative digital root">Multiplicative digital root</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sum-product_number" title="Sum-product number">Sum-product</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Coding-related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Meertens_number" title="Meertens number">Meertens</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dudeney_number" title="Dudeney number">Dudeney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Factorion" title="Factorion">Factorion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaprekar_number" title="Kaprekar number">Kaprekar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaprekar%27s_routine" title="Kaprekar's routine">Kaprekar's constant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_number" title="Keith number">Keith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lychrel_number" title="Lychrel number">Lychrel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narcissistic_number" title="Narcissistic number">Narcissistic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perfect_digit-to-digit_invariant" title="Perfect digit-to-digit invariant">Perfect digit-to-digit invariant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perfect_digital_invariant" title="Perfect digital invariant">Perfect digital invariant</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Happy_number" title="Happy number">Happy</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/P-adic_numbers" class="mw-redirect" title="P-adic numbers">P-adic numbers</a>-related</th><td 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