Mathematician Ramanujam didn't have any close friends and someone asked him the reason. He replied that although he wanted to have close friends but nobody was up to his expectations.
When pressed how he expected his friend to be, he replied, "like numbers 220 and 284!"
The person got confused and asked what is the connection between friendship and these numbers.
Ramanujam asked him to find the divisors of each number.
With much difficulty, the person derived and listed them as,
220 - 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 11, 20, 22, 44, 55, 110, 220
284 - 1, 2, 4, 71, 142, 284
Ramanujam then asked the person to exclude the numbers 220 and 284 and asked for the sum of the remaining divisors.
The person was astonished to find,
220 - 1+2+4+5+10+11+20+22+44+55+110 = 284
284 - 1+2+4+71+142 = 220
Ramanujam explained that an ideal friendship should be like these numbers, to complement each other. Even when one is absent, the other should represent the friend!
To all my 220s and 284s........
Interesting!
Tailpiece.
Got up at the usual time of 6, went through the chores and could kick off for Ayoor only by 9. I took the road through Odanavattom and Veliyam and we were at Sanil's house after about 40 minutes. Ayoor amma was sitting at the cosy sit out and wasn't she thrilled seeing us? Interacted with Sanil's brother, Anil, his wife, Sheela and their daughter, Anjali. At 85 yrs, Ayoor amma is alert, pleasant and full of beans! We left after about an hour or so and after pulling out money from an ATM at Kottarakkara, were back at Raj Nivas by 1300 hrs. Benoy, my chauffeur, came by soon after and after a quick bite of lunch, took off for the meeting of the staff members and the training faculty of the JSS (Kollam) at the Sopanam auditorium at Ashraamam.
The interaction was spread over two hours and I must say, that I did learn quite a bit about the people who are part of my team. Spoke to them about what I needed from them.
We wound up by about 1700 hrs and Benoy had dropped me at Varadamma appachi's house at Kavanad. The lighting up of her face, on seeing us, was priceless. Sanil, Mini and Lekha fetched up soon after, along with Unni chettan, my cousin. The interaction was great. After about an hour of interaction, we took leave of Appachi - at 86 yrs, she is sharp, witty and full of beans!
When pressed how he expected his friend to be, he replied, "like numbers 220 and 284!"
The person got confused and asked what is the connection between friendship and these numbers.
Ramanujam asked him to find the divisors of each number.
With much difficulty, the person derived and listed them as,
220 - 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 11, 20, 22, 44, 55, 110, 220
284 - 1, 2, 4, 71, 142, 284
Ramanujam then asked the person to exclude the numbers 220 and 284 and asked for the sum of the remaining divisors.
The person was astonished to find,
220 - 1+2+4+5+10+11+20+22+44+55+110 = 284
284 - 1+2+4+71+142 = 220
Ramanujam explained that an ideal friendship should be like these numbers, to complement each other. Even when one is absent, the other should represent the friend!
To all my 220s and 284s........
Interesting!
Tailpiece.
Got up at the usual time of 6, went through the chores and could kick off for Ayoor only by 9. I took the road through Odanavattom and Veliyam and we were at Sanil's house after about 40 minutes. Ayoor amma was sitting at the cosy sit out and wasn't she thrilled seeing us? Interacted with Sanil's brother, Anil, his wife, Sheela and their daughter, Anjali. At 85 yrs, Ayoor amma is alert, pleasant and full of beans! We left after about an hour or so and after pulling out money from an ATM at Kottarakkara, were back at Raj Nivas by 1300 hrs. Benoy, my chauffeur, came by soon after and after a quick bite of lunch, took off for the meeting of the staff members and the training faculty of the JSS (Kollam) at the Sopanam auditorium at Ashraamam.
The interaction was spread over two hours and I must say, that I did learn quite a bit about the people who are part of my team. Spoke to them about what I needed from them.
We wound up by about 1700 hrs and Benoy had dropped me at Varadamma appachi's house at Kavanad. The lighting up of her face, on seeing us, was priceless. Sanil, Mini and Lekha fetched up soon after, along with Unni chettan, my cousin. The interaction was great. After about an hour of interaction, we took leave of Appachi - at 86 yrs, she is sharp, witty and full of beans!
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