--- a/day1/exercise/amicable.py	Mon Mar 08 20:45:33 2010 +0530
+++ b/day1/exercise/amicable.py	Thu Mar 11 18:01:23 2010 +0530
@@ -1,15 +1,8 @@
-def is_perfect_square(n):
-    i = 1
-    while i * i < n:
-        i += 1
-    return i * i == n, i
-
 def aliquot(n):
     sum = 1
     i = 2
 
-    is_ps, root = is_perfect_square(n)
-    while i < root:
+    while i * i  < n:
         if n % i == 0:
             sum += i + (n / i)
         i += 1