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The never-ending integer thread

The never-ending integer thread

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Shallow Blue

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@moonbus said
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(you know, the meaning of liff, the universe, and everything)
Ah - but what's the question that is the answer to?

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I wish the fine-structure constant really did have an integer in the denominator. 😢

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@kevin-eleven said
I wish the fine-structure constant really did have an integer in the denominator. 😢
Sure it does: 1.

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@soothfast said
Sure it does: 1.
Well, yes, if we switch things around that way -- of course!

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This is the sixtyfifth post in the thread.

65 is the product of two primes 5*13.

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@ponderable said
This is the sixtyfifth post in the thread.

65 is the product of two primes 5*13.
Three US coins add up to 65 cents.

One is not a half-dollar.

What are the three coins?

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@suzianne said
Three US coins add up to 65 cents.

One is not a half-dollar.

What are the three coins?
Two half-dollars and a negative-35-cent piece.

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@kevin-eleven said
Two half-dollars and a negative-35-cent piece.
A dime, a nickel, and the other one is a half-dollar. 😏

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69

exhibits rotational symmetry

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70

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71
produced in 2014

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