Prime birthday
The n-th birthday of a very famous mathematician coincides with a year that corresponds to the (n+1)st prime number. Who is this mathematician?
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Anonymous
I wondered what sort of coincidence and correspondence might be involved, then realized that the question simply used unnecessarily long words. Following the maxim, "Never use a long word when a short one will do," this question can be rephrased:
What famous mathematician's nth birthday falls on a year that is the (n+1)th prime number?
Anonymous
Euler, born 1707, would be 304 in 2011, which is the 305th prime.
eric.fennessey
Euler, born 1707, would have been 304 in 2011, which is the 305th prime number.
bharathsellvan
This is amazing answer & duff to calculate the 305-th prime number
I love year numbers
I believe 1707 and 2011 are same calendar years (though dont get me wrong) i dont think the whole world was on the same calendar yet. I believe 1707 is composite though
Anonymous
Let's not overlook that in 2129, it would be Évariste Galois' 318th birthday (and 2129 is the 319th prime).
Sure, Évariste Galois is listed as only the 14th most famous mathematician [1], but he died at age 20. Give him a break!
[1] http://fabpedigree.com/james/mathmen.htm
Anonymous
If we use the Taiwanese/Minguo Calender, then Paul Erdös would work too, because in 1914, he will be 1. A conversion over to the Taiwanese calender puts the year at 3, the (1+1)th, or 2nd prime. Even though he is only the 96th most famous mathematician, he has spawned numerous things such as the Erdos number and is famous enough to be put on this list:
http://fabpedigree.com/james/mathmen.htm