What can you tell me about the number 1729?

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Dave Nelson

The birth year of Le compte Louis Antoine de Bougainville
Lawyer, Mousquetaires, mathematician, vessel admiral.

> The birth year of Le compte Louis Antoine de <a> href="http://www.netmarine.net/tradi/celebres/bougainville/index.htm">Bougainville[/url]
> Lawyer, Mousquetaires, mathematician, vessel admiral.
>
>That answer may be correct but it is not THE ANSWER.

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Dave Nelson

1729 is known as the Hardy-Ramanujan number:See here

Futuramas robot, Bender, has a serial number of 1729.

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Aloha, Uli

North Carolina becomes a royal colony
City of Baltimore founded
Spain, France & England signs Treaty of Seville

> 1729 is known as the Hardy-Ramanujan number:<a> href="http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/1729%20(number)">See here[/url]
>
> Futuramas robot, Bender, has a serial number of 1729.
>
>Correct. Your cigar is in the mail.

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Dave Nelson

> > Futuramas robot, Bender, has a serial number of 1729.
> >
> >Correct. Your cigar is in the mail.
>

I want my participation gift !!!

>Correct. Your cigar is in the mail.

Thanks, glad i'm a smoker ;)
That helps to conserve my supply of "Montecristo No. 3" ;)

Ok, my turn:
What does 6, 28, 496 and 8128 mean to you?

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Aloha, Uli

> >Correct. Your cigar is in the mail.
>
> Thanks, glad i'm a smoker ;)
> That helps to conserve my supply of "Montecristo No. 3" ;)
>
> Ok, my turn:
> What does 6, 28, 496 and 8128 mean to you?
>
>Ummmm, ah, this mathametician was trying to write a fibonacci series but he was drunk and that's what he came up with.

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Dave Nelson

> > > Futuramas robot, Bender, has a serial number of 1729.
> > >
> > >Correct. Your cigar is in the mail.
> >
>
> I want my participation gift !!!
>
>Sorry, like a gun fight, no second place winner.

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Dave Nelson

1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221

What comes next ?

> 1729 is known as the Hardy-Ramanujan number:
> Futuramas robot, Bender, has a serial number of 1729.

BTW: What was correct? The Hardy-Ramanujan number or Bender's serial?

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Aloha, Uli

> > >Correct. Your cigar is in the mail.
> >
> > Thanks, glad i'm a smoker ;)
> > That helps to conserve my supply of "Montecristo No. 3" ;)
> >
> > Ok, my turn:
> > What does 6, 28, 496 and 8128 mean to you?
> >
> >Ummmm, ah, this mathametician was trying to write a fibonacci series but
> he was drunk and that's what he came up with.
>
But, I will ponder it seriously when I get my martini. The secret Atheist cocktail flag goes up at 1630 CDT.

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Dave Nelson

> 1
> 11
> 21
> 1211
> 111221
> 312211
> 13112221
>
> What comes next ?
>
1113213211
[edit]
31131211131221
and next would be
one three, two ones, one three, one one, one two, three ones, one three, one one, two twos, one one OR
13211311123113112211

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BOINC WIKI

> > Ok, my turn:
> > What does 6, 28, 496 and 8128 mean to you?

> > 1
> > 11
> > 21
> > 1211
> > 111221
> > 312211
> > 13112221
> >
> > What comes next ?
> >
> 1113213211

Bravo ! Sorry no gift from playing my quiz.

> 1
> 11
> 21
> 1211
> 111221
> 312211
> 13112221
>
> What comes next ?
>

That may require 2 martinis.

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Dave Nelson

> > > Ok, my turn:
> > > What does 6, 28, 496 and 8128 mean to you?

Primes ?

> > > > Ok, my turn:
> > > > What does 6, 28, 496 and 8128 mean to you?
>
> Primes ?
>

non-primes?

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Dave Nelson

> Primes ?
>

The one and only even prime is 2.
All others are odd.

@The Admiral: What was correct? The Hardy-Ramanujan number or Bender's serial?

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Aloha, Uli