A certain mathematician, whom I know well, lived at street number 841 for 40 years without realizing that it's 29^2. I hope this isn't OCD, but I've got into the habit of trying to factor every street address and [last 4 digits of] every phone number (is there a word for this?) that I come in close contact with. --Dan Thane wrote: << I have a mathematician friend who lived in a house with street address 2401 for over ten years before he realized it was (and in fact still is) 7^4, causing him significant mental distress
Those who sleep faster get more rest.
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Dan Asimov <dasimov@earthlink.net> wrote:
A certain mathematician, whom I know well, lived at street number 841 for 40 years without realizing that it's 29^2.
I hope this isn't OCD, but I've got into the habit of trying to factor every street address and [last 4 digits of] every phone number (is there a word for this?) that I come in close contact with.
Obsessive Composite Disorder, surely. --Michael
--Dan
Thane wrote:
<< I have a mathematician friend who lived in a house with street address 2401 for over ten years before he realized it was (and in fact still is) 7^4, causing him significant mental distress
Those who sleep faster get more rest.
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