Factoring Time
July 25th, 2008 by SplineGuy
One of the first comics I read on the XKCD website was this one:
So don’t you think it would be a good idea to write a script that would factor every time throughout the day. Just to make it interesting you might factor the time as a 6 digit number, including the seconds. You could answer fascinating questions like what’s the most number of factors a time can have, how many times are prime, how many twin prime’s are there, etc…
Well, if you think it’s a good idea, too late. It’s already been done and not by me.
FYI:
What’s the largest number of factors a time can have?
How many times are prime, and what are they?
How many times form twin primes, and what are they?
