Achilles number

noun

An integer that is a powerful number but not a perfect power.

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Meanings

nounAchilles number (plural Achilles numbers)

plural Achilles numbers

  1. mathematicsAn integer that is a powerful number but not a perfect power.

Origin

Coined by Henry Bottomley after Achilles, a hero of the Trojan War.

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