Very sorry to have missed the deadline on this! Hope a late response is better than no response.fan-of-mathematics wrote: ↑Wed Jul 23, 2025 9:56 am Wow! A question practically made for me!
I would like to enquire - which pair of the single digit numbers do you think are most likely to be friends?
Furthermore, recently, I have been struggling with a mathematical question - what is 7 times 8?? I'll give you time to think on this. Would you be able to reply by Friday the 25th of July?. Preferably during your show at Latitude festival? I need to have the answer to this problem by this time as it is important to my work.
Thank you
-maths enthusiast
In my experience, 7 and 6 are the most likely to be friends (in that order) - don't ask me why though. Maybe you'll find out one day...
In order to properly answer your question regarding 7 times 8, I must ask which kind of group/ring we are working with? Indeed, the answer would be very different if 7 and 8 are elements of the ring of integers, compared to the ring of integers modulo 10
Neil De Niro