Pernicious numbers are positive integers,
whose binary representation contains prime no. of 1s and the sum of binary digits
is a prime. First pernicious no. is 3 ->112 -->1+1=2 which
is a prime. Next is 5 ->1012 -->1+1=2 which is a prime. Next is
6->1102 -->1+1=2 which is a prime. Then are 7,9,10,
11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 31, 33, 34, 35,
36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 44, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 55, 56, 59, 61, 62, 65,
66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 72, 73, 74, 76, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 87, 88, 91, 93,
94, 96, 97, 98, 100 etc.
* No power of 2 is a
pernicious number since it is 1 followed by zeroes.
* Every even
Perfect Number is a pernicious number since they are of the form 2p-1(2p
-1 )where p is a prime no. Such no. are represented in binary as p no. of
1s and (p-1)no. of zeroes.
* A number of the
form (2p
-1 )where p is a prime is a pernicious no. known as
Pernicious Mersenne Number whose binary representation
contains no zeroes. |