[Dixonary] The number 1729

[Scott Crom]

Judy - No, I didn't know that off the top of my head.

Keep reading...

Mike, thanks very much for the additional information. It sent me
to my bookshelf to hunt for the book by G.H. Hardy in which he
reports visiting Ramanujan in the hospital. Ramanujan asks him
the number of the taxicab in which Hardy came to the hospital. It
was 1729, and Ramanujan then comments on the properties of that
number.

Unfortunately I couldn't find the book!

At least that helps explain why such numbers are called "taxicab
numbers."

And apparently my very fallible memory dropped "smallest" and
replaced it with "only."

I did just now check out the URL you supplied--fascinating stuff!

Scott

[bonnyjars]

Fascinating link - thanks Mike - (now for fibonacci)





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[Bill Hirst]

Another link to the fascinating "named numbers," such as Mersenne,
Fermat, Fibonacci, Keith, Niven, Carmichael, Stirling, Catalan, Ruth-
Aaron and Rhonda numbers is here:
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20060729/mathtrek.asp -or-
http://tinyurl.com/g5qff

-Bill


--- In coryphaeus (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com, "bonnyjars" <bonnyjars@...> wrote:
>
> Fascinating link - thanks Mike - (now for fibonacci)
>
>

[Daniel B. Widdis]

On 7/29/06, Bill Hirst <billhirst (AT) comcast (DOT) net> wrote:
> Another link to the fascinating "named numbers," such as Mersenne,

I use Mersenne twisters on a routine basis!

--
Dan Widdis

[Judy Madnick]

<< Another link to the fascinating "named numbers," such as Mersenne,
<< Fermat, Fibonacci, Keith, Niven, Carmichael, Stirling, Catalan, Ruth-
<< Aaron and Rhonda numbers is here:
<< http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20060729/mathtrek.asp -or-
<< http://tinyurl.com/g5qff

I'll have to check those out -- thanks!

Judy

[Dave Cunningham]

Rhonda numbers?

All I can think of is 911




Dave (g, d & r)