Impressive. But, as often with J, not immediately comprehensible.
- Bo

--- Den lør 22/8/09 skrev Roger Hui <[email protected]>:

> Fra: Roger Hui <[email protected]>
> Emne: Re: [Jprogramming] Unforgettable times
> Til: "Programming forum" <[email protected]>
> Dato: lørdag 22. august 2009 23.41
>    j #~  (j e. <:p: j) * (j e.
> >:*:j) * (2...@q: j) * 2...@q:@(|.&.":"0) j=: 1+i.1e6
> 226 47962 95482 103042 140626 194482 370882
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Roger Hui <[email protected]>
> Date: Saturday, August 22, 2009 14:29
> Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Unforgettable times
> To: Programming forum <[email protected]>
> 
> > 226: the first emirprime which is the successor of
> > a perfect square and the precedessor of a prime.
> > 
> > http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Emirpimes.html
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Randy MacDonald <[email protected]>
> > Date: Saturday, August 22, 2009 13:42
> > Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Unforgettable times
> > To: Programming forum <[email protected]>
> > 
> > > What is memorable about 226?
> > > 
> > > Roger Hui wrote:
> > > > The problem is that _every_ number has
> something 
> > > > notable about it, so that each number is
> "unforgettable" 
> > > > and consequently it's hard to remember any
> single
> > > > one of them.
> > > >
> > > > 0000  all zeros
> > > > 0001  first counting number
> > > > 0002  first prime number
> > > > 0003  first odd prime
> > > > 0004  first composite number
> > > > ...
> > > >    24 60 #: ?. */ 24 60
> > > > 1 6
> > > >
> > > > 0106  first number greater than 100 with 2
> prime factors
> > > >
> > > > etc.
> > > >
> > > > You have most likely heard of the story
> about Hardy 
> > > > and Ramanujan.  One day Hardy took a taxi
> to visit
> > > > Ramanujan.  On arriving Hardy told
> Ramanujan that
> > > > the taxi had the 4-digit number n on its
> license plate,
> > > > a thoroughly unremarkable number. 
> Ramanujan
> > > > immediately remarked that n is the first
> number that ... . 
> > > > I forget what n or the property was,
> something like, 
> > > > n is the first number that can be written as
> the sum 
> > > > of two perfect cubes in two different ways,
> something 
> > > > typically Ramanujanish.  
> > > >
> > > > Yes, that was it: 
> > > >
> > > >    c=: i*i*i=: >:i.200
> > > >    t=: (</~i.200) * +/~c
> > > >    d=: </.~ ,t
> > > >    (2=#&>d)#d
> > > >
> +---------+---------------+---------------+---------+--
> > > > |1729 1729|1092728 1092728|3375001
> 3375001|4104 4104| ...
> > > >
> +---------+---------------+---------------+---------+--
> > > >    <./ {.&> (2=#&>d)#d
> > > > 1729
> > > >    I. , 1729 = t
> > > > 11 1609
> > > >    1 + (#t) #: 11 1609
> > > > 1 12
> > > > 9 10
> > > >    +/ 1 12 ^ 3
> > > > 1729
> > > >    +/ 9 10 ^ 3
> > > > 1729
> > > >
> > > > Now that I have worked out the number I can
> find the
> > > > story on the net:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1729_(number)
> > > >
> > > > p.s. In my youth, when I needed to remember
> a (5-digit) 
> > > > number for a time, I would try to compute
> its largest 
> > > > prime factor by mental calculation. Try it
> and you'll
> > > > see why that works.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: Kip Murray <[email protected]>
> > > > Date: Saturday, August 22, 2009 5:27
> > > > Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Unforgettable
> times
> > > > To: Programming forum <[email protected]>
> > > >
> > > >   
> > > >> To narrow the puzzle,
> > > >>
> > > >>     times 3 4 5  NB. Unforgettable
> > > >> 1 6 2 0
> > > >> 1 8 1 2
> > > >> 1 2 0 7
> > > >>     timedata i. 1 8 1 2
> > > >> 4
> > > >>     times i.8
> > > >> 1 2 3 4
> > > >> 1 4 1 4
> > > >> 1 4 2 8
> > > >> 1 6 2 0
> > > >> 1 8 1 2
> > > >> 1 2 0 7
> > > >> 1 2 3 4
> > > >> 1 4 1 4
> > > >>
> > > >> You are encouraged to choose your own
> unforgettable times 
> > > seen 
> > > >> on a 24-hour 
> > > >> digital clock.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> Kip Murray wrote:
> > > >>     
> > > >>> Who could forget
> > > >>>
> > > >>>      times 3 4 5
> > > >>> 1 6 2 0
> > > >>> 1 8 1 2
> > > >>> 1 2 0 7
> > > >>>
> > > >>> ?

> > > >>>
> > > >>> Kip Murray wrote:
> > > >>>       
> > > >>>> Write a verb that produces
> unforgettable times on a 24-
> > hour 
> > > >>>>         
> > > >> digital clock: who 
> > > >>     
> > > >>>> could forget an appointment at
> 12:34 or 14:14 or 14:28 
> > > >>>>         
> > > >> ?  It's too bad that 
> > > >>     
> > > >>>> 31:41 , 27:18 and 69:31 do not
> fit on the clock.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> times 0
> > > >>>> 1 2 3 4
> > > >>>>      times 0 1
> > > >>>> 1 2 3 4
> > > >>>> 1 4 1 4
> > > >>>>      times i. 5
> > > >>>> 1 2 3 4
> > > >>>> 1 4 1 4
> > > >>>> 1 4 2 8
> > > >>>> 1 2 3 4
> > > >>>> 1 4 1 4
> > > >>>>      NB.  Oh, well, you
> will 
> > > do 
> > > >>>>         
> > > >> better than this
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