OT-Governor General binary

[Christopher Browne]

On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 5:51 PM, Mike Kallies <mike.kallies-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 5:38 PM, marthter <marthter-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> ...
>> My first observation on the ones and zeros was just that they were a
>> palindrome, which probably most supports the "just because it looks good"
>> theory.  Either that or it is the key clue to the location of Samuel de
>> Champlain's buried treasure.
>
> the best explanation I've heard is that it's a prime number which when
> represented in binary is a palindrome.
>
> (I found that on Slashdot)

cbbrowne at cbbrowne [06:09:21] [~/Lisp] [master *]
-> % clisp
[1]> #B110010111001001010100100111010011
6830770643
[2]>
Bye.
cbbrowne at cbbrowne [06:09:24] [~/Lisp] [master *]
-> % matho-primes  6830770640 6830770670
6830770643
6830770649
6830770657
6830770669

That seems to confirm that the value is a prime number, and I do not
imagine they picked a palindromic prime number "just because it looks
good."  They aren't *that* common.

I rather think that someone gave a call over to the Faculty of
Mathematics to find a "cool number" to put into the coat of arms.

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