{"id":119,"date":"2017-09-11T19:49:35","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T00:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cotangents\/?p=119"},"modified":"2018-02-23T09:02:42","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T14:02:42","slug":"the-river-hawk-prime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cotangents\/2017\/09\/11\/the-river-hawk-prime\/","title":{"rendered":"The River Hawk Prime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At first glance the 1680 digit number<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><code>111111111111111111111111111111111111111111<br \/>\n111111111111111111111111111111111111111111<br \/>\n111111999999911111111111111111111111111111<br \/>\n111111111111111999999999999999999999991111<br \/>\n111111111111111111111111111111119999999999<br \/>\n999999999999999999111111111111111111111111<br \/>\n111111111199999999995555555599999999991111<br \/>\n111111111111111111111111199999999999999555<br \/>\n555555559999999911111111111111111111111999<br \/>\n999999555555555555555555555559999999111111<br \/>\n111111111111199999955555555555555999995555<br \/>\n555555599999911111111111111199999955555555<br \/>\n555555555555599999555555559999911111111111<br \/>\n111999999999999995555555555555555599999555<br \/>\n555999991111111111199999999999999555555555<br \/>\n555555555555997995555599991111111111999999<br \/>\n999999995555555555555555555555597799555559<br \/>\n991111111119999999999999555555599955555555<br \/>\n599795591199999559991111111199991111999995<br \/>\n555999995555555555591179999111995559999111<br \/>\n111991111119999955999999955555555555991197<br \/>\n799999555599999111111111111199999999999995<br \/>\n555555555555599991119799559995999911111111<br \/>\n111199999999999955555555555555591191199991<br \/>\n919999999911111111111999999999999955999999<br \/>\n555555559191119111999999999911111111111999<br \/>\n999999999999999999995555712499999999999999<br \/>\n999911111111119999999199999999999999999955<br \/>\n555555555559999999999911111111119999911199<br \/>\n999999999999999999955555555999991119999111<br \/>\n111111199999111199991111111111999999999999<br \/>\n999999111119999111111111199911111999111111<br \/>\n111111111999999999999111111119991111111111<br \/>\n199111111911111111111111111111111111111111<br \/>\n111199911111111111991111111111111111111111<br \/>\n111111111111111111111199111111111111911111<br \/>\n111111111111111111111111111111111111111111<br \/>\n111111111111111111111111111111111111111111<br \/>\n111111111111111111111111111111111111111111<br \/>\n111111111111111111111111111111111111111111<\/code><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>would not appear to be remarkable, other than in the preponderance of 1&#8217;s and 9&#8217;s that comprise its digits. However, there are two interesting observations about this number. First, it is prime. The only integers that divide evenly into it are 1 and itself. Second, if the digits are arranged in a rectangular fashion, 60 digits to a row, we see why it has been dubbed the &#8220;River Hawk Prime.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cotangents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2017\/09\/riverhawk_prime.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-120\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cotangents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2017\/09\/riverhawk_prime-300x242.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cotangents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2017\/09\/riverhawk_prime-300x242.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cotangents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2017\/09\/riverhawk_prime-768x621.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cotangents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2017\/09\/riverhawk_prime-1024x827.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cotangents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2017\/09\/riverhawk_prime-371x300.png 371w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cotangents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2017\/09\/riverhawk_prime.png 1334w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At first glance the 1680 digit number 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 111111999999911111111111111111111111111111 111111111111111999999999999999999999991111 111111111111111111111111111111119999999999 999999999999999999111111111111111111111111 111111111199999999995555555599999999991111 111111111111111111111111199999999999999555 555555559999999911111111111111111111111999 999999555555555555555555555559999999111111 111111111111199999955555555555555999995555 555555599999911111111111111199999955555555 555555555555599999555555559999911111111111 111999999999999995555555555555555599999555 555999991111111111199999999999999555555555 555555555555997995555599991111111111999999 999999995555555555555555555555597799555559 991111111119999999999999555555599955555555 599795591199999559991111111199991111999995 555999995555555555591179999111995559999111 111991111119999955999999955555555555991197 799999555599999111111111111199999999999995 555555555555599991119799559995999911111111 111199999999999955555555555555591191199991 919999999911111111111999999999999955999999 555555559191119111999999999911111111111999 999999999999999999995555712499999999999999 999911111111119999999199999999999999999955 555555555559999999999911111111119999911199 999999999999999999955555555999991119999111 111111199999111199991111111111999999999999 999999111119999111111111199911111999111111 111111111999999999999111111119991111111111 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cotangents\/2017\/09\/11\/the-river-hawk-prime\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":331,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cotangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cotangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cotangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cotangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/331"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cotangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cotangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":179,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cotangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119\/revisions\/179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cotangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cotangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/cotangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}