natural number thread. #177

a natural number is defined as a positive integer. state a natural number that is:

• below 30 characters
• better than the previous one

and explain your reasoning.

2.

1. because nice

69 because nice (haha your 69 became a 1 because of funny markdown )

haha ha 1

nooooooo i hate markdown now.

anyway better number: 70 because nice+1

71 because nice+2

72 bc 36 * ratio, 24 * ratio

2520, because it has significantly more factors than 72.

2521, because it has significantly less factors than 2520.

1, because it has significantly less factors than 2521.

11111111111111111111111111111, as it is significantly more 1 than 1

111111111111111111111111111111, as it is slightly more 1 than 11111111111111111111111111111, but more 1 nonetheless.

pretend that number contains <30 characters.

111111111111111111111111111111 is not below 30 characters (bee you)

oh, sorry. didn't see post 1192 until after sending mine

understandable since this thread is being posted to rather quickly

30, because it is the number of 1s in 111111111111111111111111111111

235 because it's the amalgamation of the prime factors of 30

46, because 46^2 – 1 = 235

64, as it is 46 reversed and also a power of two

55, as it is the average of 64 and 46

is NaN a natural number

no

isn't NaN a part of the float spec

floats don't have anything to do with natural numbers

2147483647

because it's a double mersenne prime, was factorised by euler and was the largest known mersenne prime for around 100 years

2147483648, for being a very nearby power of 2.

1000000000000066600000000000001 because it is an extremely evil prime