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ElwoodBlues · M
I have an inexplicable fondness for highly composite numbers, as I stated here: https://similarworlds.com/math/3964316-I-like-highly-composite-numbers-HighlyCompositeNum
I am a descendant of both William the Conqueror and Charlemagne [*].
[*] spoilsport factoid: everyone alive today with a drop of European blood is likewise descended from them.
I am a descendant of both William the Conqueror and Charlemagne [*].
[*] spoilsport factoid: everyone alive today with a drop of European blood is likewise descended from them.
MrGomco · 36-40, M
@ElwoodBlues Are you really good with numbers?
ElwoodBlues · M
@MrGomco I like to say I'm pretty good with numbers. They're fun and amusing to me. When I was 64 I liked to say "it's a square, it's a cube, it's a Beatles' song!!"
Sometimes I forget words and have trouble digging them up. And I found that I can form a numerical association between the beginning letters of the word and some numbers. Somehow it's easier for me to remember the numbers and then access the word.
For example, if I had trouble with "calibrate" I would remember 3-1-12 for "cal." But that's not a calculation thing, its an association and access thing.
Sometimes I forget words and have trouble digging them up. And I found that I can form a numerical association between the beginning letters of the word and some numbers. Somehow it's easier for me to remember the numbers and then access the word.
For example, if I had trouble with "calibrate" I would remember 3-1-12 for "cal." But that's not a calculation thing, its an association and access thing.
MrGomco · 36-40, M
@ElwoodBlues really really interesting, when I think about numbers I imagine a number line in third-dimensional outer space near the planets, especially Saturn.
ElwoodBlues · M
@MrGomco Cool. I do that too when I think of the continuous real number line, I think of it kind of like that. When I think of factors I think of like a times table and the different columns like musical scales. And powers of numbers are kind of like scales too.