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Title: Number spiral
Post by: DoctorBeaver on 16/12/2005 20:43:15
I find this interesting even though I'm not sure what it's all about

http://www.numberspiral.com/
Title: Re: Number spiral
Post by: neilep on 16/12/2005 21:05:55
What a fascinating site Dr Eth.

Numbers are great aren't they ?...without numbers Maths classes would be very boring !..in fact , even with numbers they are boring..but then that's because i have an aversion to mathematical calculations...unlike you people who probably love them !

Men are the same as women.... just inside out !!
Title: Re: Number spiral
Post by: ukmicky on 16/12/2005 21:17:32
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Title: Re: Number spiral
Post by: DoctorBeaver on 16/12/2005 21:46:25
Neil - it's the way maths can form patterns like those spirals that fascinates me. I don't necessarily understand the maths involved, but I can appreciate the beauty of the patterns
Title: Re: Number spiral
Post by: DoctorBeaver on 16/12/2005 21:47:24
quote:
without numbers Maths classes would be very boring


Surely, without numbers maths classes wouldn't exist [:D]
Title: Re: Number spiral
Post by: neilep on 16/12/2005 22:05:31
quote:
Originally posted by DoctorBeaver

quote:
without numbers Maths classes would be very boring


Surely, without numbers maths classes wouldn't exist [:D]


Yep I know...it was a misnomer in sentence form [:D]

Men are the same as women.... just inside out !!
Title: Re: Number spiral
Post by: DoctorBeaver on 16/12/2005 22:17:58
quote:
Yep I know...it was a misnomer in sentence form


Is "misnomer" a synonym of "cock-up"? [:D]
Title: Re: Number spiral
Post by: Solvay_1927 on 17/12/2005 02:38:52
Oooh, prime numbers, lovely jubbly! I love prime numbers. They really are genuinely fascinating. I could talk about them all night.

But maybe I'd better not - I may be wrong here, but I'm picking up a slight vibe that not everyone is as excited about maths as I am ... [:(]


(P.S. Who's Misnomer? Was she your maths teacher?)
Title: Re: Number spiral
Post by: DoctorBeaver on 17/12/2005 03:32:55
quote:
(P.S. Who's Misnomer? Was she your maths teacher?)


Go to your room!
Title: Re: Number spiral
Post by: neilep on 17/12/2005 04:21:17
Dearest Paul

...please feel free to cite a prime number here at your leisure.....or even two if you're daring.

Personally I can not think of anything else I'd rather do , even sex ! than look at the prime numbers you place here for our visual joyance and delight.

Which is your favourite ?


Men are the same as women.... just inside out !!
Title: Re: Number spiral
Post by: DoctorBeaver on 17/12/2005 04:28:05
quote:
Personally I can not think of anything else I'd rather do , even sex ! than look at the prime numbers you place here for our visual joyance and delight.


Do I detect the delicate scent of sarcasm or the pungent aroma of bull****? [:D]
Title: Re: Number spiral
Post by: neilep on 17/12/2005 04:37:07
Not at all I'm genuinely engrossed and fas....cin...a..te.....d.......................zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz !

Men are the same as women.... just inside out !!
Title: Re: Number spiral
Post by: DoctorBeaver on 17/12/2005 06:31:28
[:(!]
Title: Re: Number spiral
Post by: neilep on 17/12/2005 14:31:26
Actually, I do have a genuine interest in numbers....statistics for instance and there are certain elements to numbers where fact almost sounds like fiction. My brother is a Maths genius, he got all the number crunching brain cells. I wish I could understand.

Men are the same as women.... just inside out !!
Title: Re: Number spiral
Post by: Solvay_1927 on 17/12/2005 22:31:37
Did you know that the largest prime number found to date is
2^25964951 - 1
which is over 7.8 million digits long?

Of course, that's a Mersenne prime, and it's harder to find large non-Mersenne primes.  The largest non-Mersenne found to date is
27653 * 2^9167433 + 1
which is only a measly 2.7 million digits long.

(OK, OK, I'm just getting my own back for the sarcasm!  But if you find this helps you with your insomnia, Neil, I can always keep going ... [:D])
Title: Re: Number spiral
Post by: DoctorBeaver on 18/12/2005 07:20:03
http://primes.utm.edu/largest.html
Title: Re: Number spiral
Post by: neilep on 22/12/2005 18:47:51
quote:
Originally posted by Solvay_1927

Did you know that the largest prime number found to date is
2^25964951 - 1
which is over 7.8 million digits long?

Of course, that's a Mersenne prime, and it's harder to find large non-Mersenne primes.  The largest non-Mersenne found to date is
27653 * 2^9167433 + 1
which is only a measly 2.7 million digits long.

(OK, OK, I'm just getting my own back for the sarcasm!  But if you find this helps you with your insomnia, Neil, I can always keep going ... [:D])


OMG Paul !!...those numbers !!! zzzzzzzzzzzzzip ...oh !!

I just rang my local chinese takeaway and they do not have dishes anywhere near resembling those.


Thanks for a great link Eth, though, by providing it...we may never see Paul again [:(]

Men are the same as women.... just inside out !!
Title: Re: Number spiral
Post by: Solvay_1927 on 23/12/2005 23:09:39
If anyone wants to speak to me, just come visit me here:
http://orgasmicprimenumbers.com/forum