barker
2012-04-14 20:51:33 UTC
Now, in contrast, here is a real problem, with something valuable to
learn while attempting to solve it.
With everything shown in base-10, consider the two primes:
113136621886721
and
617431748093238554410874808506989442264783116181403206744221352101186333
which when multiplied yield
698541422248819000939556056942681614546383342970851314130956479402221733
63516839384093
What prime, when multiplied by this last number, will yield a repunit?
And how did you find it? No cheating, please.
There is a valuable lesson within the structures of these four primes or
nearly-primes as to what identifies them as being likely repunit factors.
Guidance for non-mathematicians:
A base-10 repunit is (10^n -1)/9 where n is a positive integer. e.g., 111,
1.
A nearly-prime number is a product of two primes. e.g. 111, 4
Warning: 1 is not a prime.
Thank you,
"barker" (associate of the late falsified Dr Pertti Lounesto)
learn while attempting to solve it.
With everything shown in base-10, consider the two primes:
113136621886721
and
617431748093238554410874808506989442264783116181403206744221352101186333
which when multiplied yield
698541422248819000939556056942681614546383342970851314130956479402221733
63516839384093
What prime, when multiplied by this last number, will yield a repunit?
And how did you find it? No cheating, please.
There is a valuable lesson within the structures of these four primes or
nearly-primes as to what identifies them as being likely repunit factors.
Guidance for non-mathematicians:
A base-10 repunit is (10^n -1)/9 where n is a positive integer. e.g., 111,
1.
A nearly-prime number is a product of two primes. e.g. 111, 4
Warning: 1 is not a prime.
Thank you,
"barker" (associate of the late falsified Dr Pertti Lounesto)