[math-fun] Purported proof that there are no odd perfect numbers

link to http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0401052, a paper by Simon Davis with the intriguing title, *A Proof of the Odd Perfect Number Conjecture*.

--Simon Davis' only other paper on arXiv was http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0312101 "Effectively Closed Infinite-Genus Surfaces and the String Coupling" 2003. If he proved the odd perfect number conjecture in 2004 it is somewhat, er, odd, he got no attention. Although given that he published it on hep-th (high energy physics) topic rather than "number theory" it would be rather easy for number theorists to miss it. This is yet another excellent example of why the arrogant irresponsible damned idiots in charge of arxiv.org have been massively remiss by refusing to include a commenting facility.