Mollin, R. A.2018-09-272018-09-271987-01-01R. A. Mollin, “The power of powerful numbers,” International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 125-130, 1987. doi:10.1155/S0161171287000152http://hdl.handle.net/1880/108673https://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/45910In this note we discuss recent progress concerning powerful numbers, raise new questions and show that solutions to existing open questions concerning powerful numbers would yield advancement of solutions to deep, long-standing problems such as Fermat's Last Theorem. This is primarily a survey article containing no new, unpublished results.Journal Article2018-09-27enCopyright © 1987 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.https://doi.org/10.1155/S0161171287000152