A PERFECT number is any number that is the sum of it's proper divisors (all divisors excluding the number itself). Thus, six is PERFECT because it's divisors (1,2,3) add to 6. Twenty-eight is another PERFECT number: 1 + 2 + 4 + 7 + 14 = 28. But six is not only the sum of it's divisors, it is also the product of it's divisors: 1 * 2 * 3 = 6

Is 6 the most perfect number? We will begin our investigation of the amazing properties of the number 6 with the following numerological sleight of hand...

What is A Prime Number?

Now, using only the six Perfect Primes (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13),
the following formulas are assembled:

What is The Sum of Integers?

And so, we've come full circle: the Perfect Number Six leads to the Six Perfect Primes which lead to the Six Perfect Formulas which lead back to Six. But we've merely scratched the surface of the amazing properties of the number six. The Joy of Six will be updated in future to reveal:

Six and Prime Number Statistics

Devil Dice (which, of course, are based on six-sided polygons)

The Devil Dice page will include not only the well-known truth of the luckiness of the number 7 (one of the Six Perfect Primes) but also a proof of the fact that 13 (another of the Six Perfect Primes) is UNLUCKY!

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Last Updated on 30nov2000
By Mensanator
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