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Deficient number (s(n)<n)

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A positive integer whose proper-divisor sum is smaller than itself; equivalently, its sum-of-divisors function satisfies σ(n)<2n. For example, s(8)=7<8; also s(1)=0<1.

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A deficient number is a positive integer \( n \) for which the sum of its proper divisors (excluding itself) is less than \( n \).
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