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CORRECTION: Primes, squares, and Game of Goose
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> [EDNOTE. The Game of Goose was discussed by Don Johnson and others on
> Nabokv-L last October, but I don't think anyone speculated about "square
> 209." It's a prime number, isn't it? Does that matter? SES]
209 = 11 x 19. (Snip discussion of how to tell multiples of 11.)
Jerry Friedman
[EDNOTE. Is it warm in here or is my face red? ;) As my relatives -- mostly physicists, astronomers, mathematicians, and computer scientists -- will attest, numbers have never been my forte. Next time I'll count before I speak! Thanks for the clarification, Jerry. SES]
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> Nabokv-L last October, but I don't think anyone speculated about "square
> 209." It's a prime number, isn't it? Does that matter? SES]
209 = 11 x 19. (Snip discussion of how to tell multiples of 11.)
Jerry Friedman
[EDNOTE. Is it warm in here or is my face red? ;) As my relatives -- mostly physicists, astronomers, mathematicians, and computer scientists -- will attest, numbers have never been my forte. Next time I'll count before I speak! Thanks for the clarification, Jerry. SES]
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