SOLUTION: prove that a perfact number can be written as a sum of (2^n)-1 consicutive numbers for some n.(please give me the proof)

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Question 476628: prove that a perfact number can be written as a sum of (2^n)-1 consicutive numbers for some n.(please give me the proof)
Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
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Proving it assumes that all perfect numbers N can be written as

, in which this is equal to



hence we are done. So if mathematicians somehow find an odd perfect number this theorem might not be true.