The document discusses perfect numbers, abundant numbers, deficient numbers and their definitions. It then covers Mersenne primes and notes that the French monk Marin Mersenne stated some numbers of the form 2n - 1 are prime. The document shows there is a relationship between Mersenne primes and perfect numbers - if 2n - 1 is a Mersenne prime, then 2n-1 x 2n-1 will be a perfect number. This relationship is demonstrated for the first few Mersenne primes. The document encourages further research on Mersenne primes and perfect numbers.