# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-poulet
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:00:25.178Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-poulet"
name: "Paul Poulet"
slug: "paul-poulet"
description: "Paul Poulet (1887–1946) was a self-taught Belgian mathematician who made several important contributions to number theory, including the discovery of sociable numbers in 1918. He found the 495th amicable pair, 666030256 = 24.19.331.6619 and 696630544 = 24.199.331.661, and is also remembered for calculating the pseudoprimes to base two, first up to 50 million in 1926, then up to 100 million in 1938. These are now often called Poulet numbers in his honour (they are also known as Fermatians or Sarrus numbers). In 1925, he published forty-three new multiperfect numbers, including the first two known octo-perfect numbers. His achievements are particularly remarkable given that he worked without the aid of modern computers and calculators."
tagline: "Belgian mathematician"
gender: "male"
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birthDate: "1887"
deathDate: "1946"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump