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January 1, 2009

Well, four questions, actually. But they’re about 2009.

It turns out that 2009 is not a prime number, as I briefly wondered if it might be. In fact, one of its several divisors is a perfect square. What is that factor?

While you’re killing time on meaningless stuff (I imagine Friday is going to be a slow work day, if you’re in the office at all): what was the last year that had such a large perfect square as a factor? What will be the next one?

And what year is the next prime number?

Edited to add: Calculators down! Answered here.

Posted by Ken at 11:09 pm     
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