#representing numbers

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Happy 5 2 01!

Happy 5 2 01!

Last year,  in Happy 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1!, I discussed an interesting way to represent numbers based on their prime factorization.  For example, 63 is represented by 0 2 0 1 because 63 = 20 x 32 x 50 x 71.

In the prime power representation, 2015 was 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1. However, with 2016 = 25 x 32 x 50 x 71, this year can be represented by the more concise  5 2 0 1.

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