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#276 2010-04-28 03:27:17

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3575 = 2^3 + 3^3 + 7^3 + 10^3 + 17^3


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#277 2010-04-28 03:29:53

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phrontister wrote:

3562

This is post #274

2 + 7 + 4 = 13....and 3562/13 = 274.

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#278 2010-04-28 03:33:41

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3588 = 1^3 + 2^3 + 2^3 + 8^3 + 11^3 + 12^3


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#279 2010-04-28 03:41:50

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3601
3614
3627

3627...36 & 27: the first occurrence of consecutive multiples of 9 so far.

And 36 - 27 = 9!!!

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#280 2010-04-28 03:42:12

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Hi phrontister;

I am not getting a 3549 at position 12878 but at position 13085, I do.


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#281 2010-04-28 03:53:45

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3640

3653

3666: First occurrence of Devil's number 666 hence is a 3D number tongue


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#282 2010-04-28 03:58:58

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Hi Bobby,

Your 3497 position at 12878 was correct, so you must have put in that same number again into your program instead of 3549. Anyway, 12878 + (3549-3497)*4 = 13086, not 13085.

I'll skip this round...to keep pace with the post# x 13 'rule'.

ZHero wrote:

First occurrence of Devil's number 666 hence is a 3D number tongue

666 is also a 'Smith' number, and if the letters of that name are ascribed a value corresponding to their position in the alphabet (ie, a=1, b=2......z=26), the sum of those values is 69, which is a right or left 180° rotatable number.

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#283 2010-04-28 04:01:02

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3679

Hi phrontister;

How does this look?


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#284 2010-04-28 04:16:11

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up, Bobby. I don't check them all...just some sometimes. I don't know what the last two mean, but I've worked out how to check the others. The second and third constants had me stumped for a while.

3692

3 June 1992 converts to 33758 in Excel 'date-time code'.

3+3+7 = 13, and 5 + 8 = 13.

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#285 2010-04-28 04:22:14

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3705 = 26^2 + 28^2 + 33^2 + 34^2


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#286 2010-04-28 04:33:21

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phrontister wrote:

666 is also a 'Smith' number ...

hey! sure?
the First Letter of my name is "M" (the 13th Letter) and the First 4 (=1+3) Letters are "mith" --->Here!
nice coincidence! smile

phrontister wrote:

... the sum of those values is 69, which is a right or left rotatable number ...

tongue  LOL  tongue

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#287 2010-04-28 04:58:36

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#288 2010-04-28 05:22:58

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3744 = 12^2 + 36^2 + 48^2

3744 = 6^3 + 11^3 + 13^3

3744 = 10^3 + 14^3


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#289 2010-04-28 11:44:29

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ZHero wrote:

hey! sure?

Mathworld:

A Smith number is a composite number the sum of whose digits is the sum of the digits of its prime factors (excluding 1). (The primes are excluded since they trivially satisfy this condition). One example of a Smith number is the beast number

666 = 2*3*3*37

since

6+6+6 = 2+3+3+(3+7) = 18

Then there are the Smith relatives, which are consecutive numbers that are also Smith numbers :
Smith brothers: eg, 728, 729
Smith triples: eg, 73615,73616,73617
Smith quads: eg, 4463535, 4463536, 4463537, 4463538
...etc.

Of course, the term 'Smith brothers' is not strictly correct, because, according to this article by that prolific writer, Anon Y. Mous, "all odd numbers are 'masculine' and all even numbers 'feminine' ", meaning that consecutive number gender alternates.

ZHero wrote:

the First Letter of my name is "M" (the 13th Letter) and the First 4 (=1+3) Letters are "mith"

So you're related to the Smith family too?! Though distantly, as it seems to be in name only. smile

3757

3757 occurs at position 511 of concatenated consecutive Smith triangular numbers, whose string commences with the first such number.

AND, even furthermore still(!)......3757-511=3246 (ie, 2*3*541), which is also a Smith number:
3+2+4+6 = 2+3+5+4+1 = 15

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#290 2010-04-28 12:09:51

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Re: Add 13 more and post it forever.

3770


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#291 2010-04-29 18:35:13

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3783:

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#292 2010-04-29 19:58:35

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3796


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#293 2010-04-29 23:14:11

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3809


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#294 2010-04-30 13:08:56

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3822

The string of digits 3, 8, 2, 2 appears in:


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#295 2010-04-30 22:18:24

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ZHero wrote:

3809

Nice thought! smile

But isn't 2 the least prime number?

3835

-3+8+3+5 = 13

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#296 2010-04-30 22:35:33

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3488

A magic square with a magic sum of 3488!

Hi phrontister;

Power towers are read from the top down. So:

3^8^0^9 is read like this 0^9 = 0. 8^0 = 1. 3^1 = 3

This is the general convention, although I have seen some calculators and even a famous math package go from the bottom up!


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#297 2010-04-30 23:05:37

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phrontister wrote:

But isn't 2 the least prime number?

Of Course IT IS!!
Moreover, its the Only Lonely EVEN PRIME number Known So Far (shame if we still can't find one more within next decade tongue )!

bobbym wrote:

3488

faint


3848

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#298 2010-05-01 00:40:36

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bobbym wrote:

Power towers are read from the top down.

Oops! I did know that. <blush>. Thanks for pointing that out, Bobby. My mind was in neutral at the time and I read them from the bottom up. sad

ZHero wrote:

Moreover [2 is]...the Only Lonely EVEN PRIME number Known So Far (shame if we still can't find one more within next decade tongue )!

It will happen.
(a) Technological advancement is only in its infancy; and
(b) words are constantly changing...see this Victor Borge video, with Dutch subtitles (after watching the video you'll understand that the subtitles are actually in double Dutch).

MathWorld:

The unique even prime number 2. All other primes are odd primes. Humorously, that means 2 is the "oddest" prime of all.

The sequence 2, 4, 6, 10, 14, 22, 26, 34, 38, ... (Sloane's A001747) consisting of the number 2 together with the primes multiplied by 2 is sometimes also called the even primes, since these are the even numbers n = 2k that are divisible by just 1, 2, k, and 2k.

3861 (catch-up)

3874

3874 = 4985 (a Victor Borge number), whose digit sum is 26 (ie, 13 + 13).

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#299 2010-05-01 01:05:28

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3887

Another magic square that all the rows, columns and diagonals sum to 3887.

How the heck can you know about Victor Borge?


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#300 2010-05-01 01:28:15

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bobbym wrote:

How the heck can you know about Victor Borge?

I've got several of his vinyl LPs, a treasured possession passed down to me from my great grandfather. Or maybe I found them in an op shop...I don't recall now.

3900

Ka-ching! (13 + 13 + 13)*100

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