Recently I noticed that Jenny’s phone number 8675309 (867-5309) had some interesting number theoretic properties. So, this evening I decided to punch my own phone number into Wolfram|Alpha to see what I’d find. Amazingly, both my 7-digit phone number and my full 10-digit phone number are prime numbers! That’s so excellent. (Unfortunately, putting a 1…
Month: September 2009
Look who majored in mathematics
Here are some people who studied mathematics, but are more well known for other things. Ralph Abernathy ~ civil rights leader and close associate of Martin Luther King, Jr., was a mathematics professor at Alabama State University Corazon Aquino ~ former president of the Philippines, was a mathematics major at the College of Mt. St….
David Richeson: Division by Zero 