Totients are Cool!
So it is a weird thing how the mind makes bizarre connections between seemingly unrelated events. Was kickin back watching some Turner Classic Movies when a military officer said you can identify Richard Burton's character by parallel scars 3 cm apart on his wrist. The film title which costarred Clint Eastwood was titled Where Eagles Dare (1968) This dude who does a damn good job of explaining mathematics popped into my head along the lines of how many hair follicles could be expected to be found on the skin between the scars?!?!?!? Jeez Louise WTF. Michael Penn answers much harder questions than that right?!? Perhaps it was because my son in Colorado is losing his hair and always talks about Math Stud Doctor Penn. Everybody has a lot of time on their hands these days and I use some of my time to Google old friends. I found out the referenced mathematician has a killer YouTube channel that is really close to 100,000 subscribers which is the...