Re: Homework 7 question

[William Stein]

On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 12:18 AM, Nasim Shomali <nsho...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Professor Stein,
> I had a question on what you mean by "the most distinct prime factor" in
> question 1b on the homework. When I factored the years, I did not see a
> particular year that stood out more than the other ones.
> Thank you for clarifying,

That is a very good point! Can you replace the range of integers
from 2000 to 2060 with the range from 2000 to 2500?
Then there is a unique number with maximal number of prime factors.

I'm sending this email to the 480 list, and I'm also updating the
latex for the homework assignment.

-- William

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William Stein
Professor of Mathematics
University of Washington
http://wstein.org

[William Stein]

On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 5:50 PM, Chris Johnson <chri...@uw.edu> wrote:
> Hi Prof. Stein,
>
> I'm unclear on #1a. Do you really want us to print the factorization for 500 numbers?

Yes.

> Are we allowed to use the 'factor()' method?

Yes.

> If so, what is the challenge of this problem?

None. This problem -- in fact this whole homework set -- is meant to
be really easy assuming you've learned the basics of Sage, which
clearly you have at this point.

William

> Thanks,
> Chris