Factoring[8 616 460 799] like 100 years ago

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Was für eine beeindruckende rotierende Zahlfaktormaschine!

(09-03-2022 07:35 PM)Thomas Puettmann Wrote:  My machine factors Jevons' number in less than 2 min.

Humm, nice, much faster than my Ti-58C...

(09-03-2022 07:35 PM)Thomas Puettmann Wrote:  But it takes a quarter of an hour to configure the chains...

Humm, that's much longer than keying the Jevons' number in my Ti-58C !

But, that is the most interesting part which unfortunately is not shown in the video.

Indeed, what is the trick and how the number 8'616'460'799 is encoded in the strings?
Why this curious series of numbers { 25 36 21 23 22 29 23 31 }
Why aren't they all primes?
What is the link with the length of each chain? How are pieces on the chains spaced ?
What is the relationship of these eight chains to the ten digits of Jeson's number?
...

There are many mysteries that will have to be explained to us.

... Unless all this is just a simple publicity campaign for an upcoming book?