Prime numbers in Ancient Computer?
A recent NOVA program was about a two thousand-year-old mechanical computer built in Greece that created an accurate portrayal of the positions of the sun, moon and the five known planets for dates decades into the future. It required gears that used prime numbers. Are 235 Lunar months and 19 Solar years, for example, coincidentally prime numbers?
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