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Is conjecture (1)(1) in the text (that the nnth perfect number contains exactly nn digits) true or false? Explain.

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Conjecture (1) is false. According to the condition, the 5th perfect number should have 5 digits exactly but 33,550,336 is composed of 8 digits. Furthermore the 6th perfect number 8,589,869,056 has 10 digits.

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