An abundant number, also known as an excessive number, is a number for which the sum of its proper pisors is greater than the number itself. The proper pisors of a number are the positive prime factors of the number, other than the number itself. The amount by which the sum of proper pisors exceeds the number itself is called abundance. For instance, the number 12 has the proper pisors 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6. Their sum is 16, which makes 12 an abundant number. Its abundance is 4 (that is, 16 - 12).
To determine the sum of proper pisors, we try all numbers from 2 to the square root of the number (all prime factors are less than or equal to this value). If the current number, let’s call iti, pides the number, theniandnum/iare both pisors. However, if they are equal (for example, ifi = 3, andn = 9, thenipides 9, butn/i = 3), we add onlyi because proper pisors must only be added once. Otherwise, we add bothiandnum/iand continue:
int sum_proper_pisors(int const number) { int result = 1; for (int i = 2; i <= std::sqrt(number); i++) { if (number%i == 0) { result += (i == (number / i)) ? i : (i + number / i); } } return result; }
Printing abundant numbers is as simple as iterating up to the specified limit, computing the sum of proper pisors and comparing it to the number:
void print_abundant(int const limit) { for (int number = 10; number <= limit; ++number) { auto sum = sum_proper_pisors(number); if (sum > number) { std::cout << number << ", abundance=" << sum - number << std::endl; } } }
int main() { int limit = 0; std::cout << "Upper limit:"; std::cin >> limit;