Abbott-and-Costello Numbers. (1st March 2016)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Abbott-and-Costello Numbers. (1st March 2016)
- Main Title:
- Abbott-and-Costello Numbers
- Authors:
- Sporn, Howard
- Abstract:
- Summary: We analyze a mathematical routine from the comedy team of Abbott and Costello and determine all possible numbers that could be used in the joke. We determine a recursive formula and a closed-form expression for the resulting integer sequence, both of which use least common multiples.
- Is Part Of:
- College mathematics journal. Volume 47:Number 2(2016)
- Journal:
- College mathematics journal
- Issue:
- Volume 47:Number 2(2016)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 47, Issue 2 (2016)
- Year:
- 2016
- Volume:
- 47
- Issue:
- 2
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2016-0047-0002-0000
- Page Start:
- 126
- Page End:
- 132
- Publication Date:
- 2016-03-01
- Subjects:
- Mathematics -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals
Mathematics -- Periodicals
Mathematics
Mathematics -- Study and teaching
Periodicals
510.071 - Journal URLs:
- https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ucmj20 ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.4169/college.math.j.47.2.126 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0746-8342
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- Legaldeposit
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