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| | Ivars Peterson's MathTrek - Amicable Pairs, Divisors, and a New Record |
 | | Amicable numbers come in pairs in which each number is the sum of the proper divisors of the other. |
 | | The number 220 is evenly divisible by 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 11, 20, 22, 44, 55, and 110, which add up to 284; and 284 is evenly divisible by 1, 2, 4, 71, and 142, which add up to 220. |
 | | The first few amicable pairs are (220, 284), (1184, 1210), (2620, 2924), (5020, 5564), (6232, 6368), (10744, 10856), (12285, 14595), (17296, 18416), and (63020, 76084). |
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