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Re: question

From Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>
Newsgroups sci.math, comp.lang.c
Subject Re: question
References <jelp0u$ch0$1@reader1.panix.com> <slrnjgsscv.tiu.tim@soprano.little-possums.net>
Date 2012-01-12 06:17 +0000
Message-ID <87d3apqwbh.fsf@gmail.com> (permalink)

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Tim Little <tim@little-possums.net> writes:

> On 2012-01-12, Joe keane <jgk@panix.com> wrote:
>> What is the greatest set of four primes ssuch that they ae all <2^64?
>
> Assuming some reasonable meaning for "greatest set",
> {18446744073709551557, 18446744073709551533, 18446744073709551521,
> 18446744073709551437}.
>
> Is there some significance to the question?

The answer is {7, 13, 31, 2011}.  This is the greatest set because:
7 was Mickey Mantle's number.
13 is the number of players on a rugby league team.
31 is the number of days in my birth month.
2011 was, like, two weeks ago.

Pretty great, huh?

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