Number theoretic rambling
Sep. 18th, 2008 03:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chickenfeetIdle thoughts while sending an email to my daughter. The ages of both my children are prime numbers. Mine is a prime multiple of one of theirs.
It will be twelve years before both children again have prime number ages.
It is possible, though far from certain, that I'll still be alive the next time all three of our ages are prime. (though scarcely in my prime in any other sense!)
There will never be a year (all birthdays for the year having passed) in which![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lemur_catta and either of the kids (or myself) will both have a prime age.
It will be twelve years before both children again have prime number ages.
It is possible, though far from certain, that I'll still be alive the next time all three of our ages are prime. (though scarcely in my prime in any other sense!)
There will never be a year (all birthdays for the year having passed) in which
lemur_catta and either of the kids (or myself) will both have a prime age.
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Date: 2008-09-18 11:21 pm (UTC)That you took the time to notice that is absolutely awesome!
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Date: 2008-09-18 11:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-09-19 12:08 am (UTC)(I love it.)
As for me, I'm terrible at maths.
I'm trying to do these to get slightly less stupid: http://www.kakuro.com/
I'm also going to be a prime number this year.
Does that make us related?
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Date: 2008-09-19 12:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-09-19 12:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-09-19 12:29 pm (UTC)