Monthly Archives: November 2013

A^5 + B^5 + C^5 = X^5 + Y^5 + Z^5 (Part 2)

Posted on November 30, 2013 by benvitalis

               A^5   +   B^5   +   C^5   =   X^5   +   Y^5   +   Z^5                                 A   +   B   +   C   =   X   +   … Continue reading →

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Sequence 3, 23, 229, 2869, 43531

Posted on November 29, 2013 by benvitalis

  2^2   –   1^1       =                                                          3   is … Continue reading →

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Concatenation | X^2 = A || A || B

Posted on November 28, 2013 by benvitalis

  (1) 1429^2   =   2042041   =   204 || 204 || 1 2729^2   =   7447441   =   744 || 744 || 1   (2) 2329^2   +   1   =   5424242   … Continue reading →

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Num3er 1429

Posted on November 28, 2013 by benvitalis

1429  is a prime number. 1429   =   2*3^6   –   29 1427  and  1429  form a twin prime pair. 2*1429   –  1   =  2857  is a prime number. 2*1429  +  3  =  2861 is a prime number. … Continue reading →

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Num3er 12600

Posted on November 28, 2013 by benvitalis

  12600   has 72 divisors: 1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9    10    12    14    15    18    20    21    24    25 … Continue reading →

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Num3er 27720

Posted on November 26, 2013 by benvitalis

  27720  has 96 divisors: 1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   14   15   18   20   21   22   … Continue reading →

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Word Puzzle – find the words for… #WordPlay

Posted on November 26, 2013 by benvitalis

  #1 Human body 3-letter words: arm,   ear,   eye,   gut,   hip,   jaw,   leg,   lip,   rib,   toe 4-letter words: arch,   back,   ball (foot),   bone,   butt,   calf,   … Continue reading →

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On the perfect size for a pizza

Posted on November 26, 2013 by benvitalis

  Eugenia Cheng, a mathematician with the University of Sheffield in the UK, turned her considerable skills toward the noble pursuit of figuring out a formula for creating the perfect pizza. She shares her results in a paper titled: On … Continue reading →

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Conjecture| Twin Primes

Posted on November 25, 2013 by benvitalis

  A twin prime is a prime number that differs from another prime number by two.   List of twin primes  {p, p+2} (3, 5),   (5, 7),   (11, 13),   (17, 19),   (29, 31),   (41, 43), … Continue reading →

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Pattern| Find the missing number

Posted on November 25, 2013 by benvitalis

  3                       5            6                            8             … Continue reading →

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