Proper Divisor

Proper Divisor

Integral divisor of a whole number that is different from itself.

Property

The set of proper divisors of a prime number is the singleton {1}.

Notation

The set of proper divisors of a number n is noted as divp(n).

Example

The set of proper divisors of 60 is: divp(60) = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30}.

Try Buzzmath activities for free

and see how the platform can help you.