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**from this sets of examples coming from the equation of finding the sum of the divisors for a number, we can come up with another equation (shortcut): For any number P that is a prime number, The sum of the divisors for PN equals:

Sd (PN) = (PN+1 +PN +PN-1 +PN-2++ P1 +P0)