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Odd perfect numbers have a prime factor exceeding $10^8$

Odd perfect numbers have a prime factor exceeding $10^8$

Jenkins in 2003 showed that every odd perfect number is divisible by a prime exceeding $10^7$. Using the properties of cyclotomic polynomials, we improve this result to show that every perfect number is divisible by a prime exceeding $10^8$.