Michael wrote: << I suppose it's possible that a true math fiend might spend years of his [life] waiting for Taxicab Number on Hardy Street to come on the market.
I once jumped at the chance to choose a telephone number ending in 1729, keeping it until I moved 5 years later. (In the days when you couldn't keep a number after moving, alas.) Dan P.S. Definition from < www.m-w.com >: PRIVATE: intended for or restricted to the use of a particular person, group, or class Those who sleep faster get more rest.
="Dan Asimov" <dasimov@earthlink.net> I once jumped at the chance to choose a telephone number ending in 1729,
Similarly, I purposely selected mailbox number 239 for my business address, then walked across the parking lot to the supermarket, used the ATM, and discovered, when examining the receipt, that it was Safeway number 1729. To paraphrase Nietzsche, "When you play with the numbers, the numbers play with you."
I have a mathematician friend who lived in a house with street address 2401 for over ten years before he realized it was (and in fact still is) 7^4, causing him significant mental distress On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Marc LeBrun <mlb@well.com> wrote:
="Dan Asimov" <dasimov@earthlink.net> I once jumped at the chance to choose a telephone number ending in 1729,
Similarly, I purposely selected mailbox number 239 for my business address, then walked across the parking lot to the supermarket, used the ATM, and discovered, when examining the receipt, that it was Safeway number 1729.
To paraphrase Nietzsche, "When you play with the numbers, the numbers play with you."
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My phone number in Michigan was 592-8582. When we moved to Ohio, it became 988-9570. Upon typing the latter phone number into a spreadsheet, I was surprised to see -8582. On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Thane Plambeck <tplambeck@gmail.com> wrote:
I have a mathematician friend who lived in a house with street address 2401 for over ten years before he realized it was (and in fact still is) 7^4, causing him significant mental distress
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Marc LeBrun <mlb@well.com> wrote:
="Dan Asimov" <dasimov@earthlink.net> I once jumped at the chance to choose a telephone number ending in 1729,
Similarly, I purposely selected mailbox number 239 for my business address, then walked across the parking lot to the supermarket, used the ATM, and discovered, when examining the receipt, that it was Safeway number 1729.
To paraphrase Nietzsche, "When you play with the numbers, the numbers play with you."
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My social security number is prime. (Admittedly that's not terribly surprising, but it's kind of neat.) On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Thane Plambeck <tplambeck@gmail.com> wrote:
I have a mathematician friend who lived in a house with street address 2401 for over ten years before he realized it was (and in fact still is) 7^4, causing him significant mental distress
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Marc LeBrun <mlb@well.com> wrote:
="Dan Asimov" <dasimov@earthlink.net> I once jumped at the chance to choose a telephone number ending in 1729,
Similarly, I purposely selected mailbox number 239 for my business address, then walked across the parking lot to the supermarket, used the ATM, and discovered, when examining the receipt, that it was Safeway number 1729.
To paraphrase Nietzsche, "When you play with the numbers, the numbers play with you."
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Without having chosen it, my initial phone number was a prime number of 8 digits. Unfortunately, some years later, a "1" was added before Parisian phone numbers... and my phone number became composite, multiple of 3... And if we use the international country code for France... "33"... my phone number is again obviously multiple of 3! Christian. -----Message d'origine----- De : math-fun-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:math-fun-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] De la part de Tom Rokicki Envoyé : vendredi 18 février 2011 22:17 À : math-fun Objet : Re: [math-fun] Kevin Brown? My social security number is prime. (Admittedly that's not terribly surprising, but it's kind of neat.)
Oh yeah! I lived at a 239 for a few years, and that helped me remember the pi/4 formula. On Friday, February 18, 2011, Marc LeBrun <mlb@well.com> wrote:
Similarly, I purposely selected mailbox number 239 for my business address, then walked across the parking lot to the supermarket, used the ATM, and [...]
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