Friday, March 18, 2011

601

601 is a prime number.

599 and 601 form a twin prime pair.

601 has a representation as a sum of two squares: 601 = 52 + 242.

601 is the hypotenuse of a primitive Pythagorean triple: 6012 = 2402 + 5512.


601 is the lesser member p of the least sexy prime pairs (p, p + 6) such that all numbers in between have the same number of prime divisors (counted with multiplicity).

The Minivac 601 Digital Computer Kit was a product created by Claude Shannon and sold by Scientific Development Corporation as early as 1961.

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