en- is attached to adjectives or nouns to form verbs meaning: 1  to cause (a person or thing) to be in (the place, condition, or state mentioned);  to restrict on all sides, completely:en- + circle â encircle (= to restrict on all sides within a circle).
In mathematics a divisor of an integer n {\displaystyle n} , also called a factor of n {\displaystyle n} , is an integer that can be multiplied by some other integer to produce n {\displaystyle n} .
A positive proper divisor is a positive divisor of a number , excluding itself. For example, 1, 2, and 3 are positive proper divisors of 6, but 6 itself is not. The number of proper divisors of is therefore given by. where is the divisor function.