Crossword-Solution: DIVISORS
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
RAAE
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with DIVISORS (5)
This term is an esoteric pun derived from a mathematical method that, rather than determining precisely whether a number is prime (has no divisors), uses a statistical technique to decide whether the number is `probably' prime.
The whole of number has every possible division, and the number 5040 can be divided by exactly fifty-nine divisors, and ten of these proceed without interval from one to ten: this will furnish numbers for war and peace, and for all contracts and dealings, including taxes and divisions of the land.
Here we have again the Babylonian sexagesimal system, a system which owes its origin and popularity, I believe, to the fact that _sixty_ has the greatest number of divisors.
Common multiples and least and greatest common divisors had such a way of getting mixed up in her brain, that he felt very sorry for her.
Then the number of divisors will be (_p_ + 1) (_q_ + 1) (_r_ + 1) ..., which includes as divisors 1 and N itself.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT, WSJ.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1950–2018).