5 to dawarfs, 3 to elves, 9 to humans, eh? Where did they go?

[Akar Kessel]

GAndalf had the third ring

the ring controls other rings which led frodo to galadriel, elrond,gandalf, the nazgul,sauron, for that matter, all because of his ring

[Staralfur]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by MagiK:


Sure 1 is a prime number..it is only divisible by 1 and itself...jsut because it is one doesnt disqualify it. At least thats that the catholic nuns taught me in grade school [img]smile.gif[/img] <hr></blockquote>

Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary defines prime as follows.

prime \'prim\ n [ME, fr. MF, fem. of prin first, L primus; akin to L prior] 1 : first in time : ORIGINAL 2 a : having no factor except itself and one <3 is a ~ number> b : having no common factor except one <12 and 25 are relatively ~> 3 a : first in rank, authority or significance : PRINCIPAL b : having the highest quality or value <~ television time>
Each of Webster's definitions may be applied to this page, but the most operative is 2a: An integer greater than one is prime if its only positive divisors are itself and one (otherwise it is composite). For example: 15 is composite because it has the two prime divisors 3 and 5.


Or look at the list here

[dominions]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by MagiK:
Heres an interesting thought:

Lets examine the numbers of Rings:

1 ring to rule them all

3 for the Elven Kings

7 for the Dwarf Lords in their Halls of Stone

9 for Mortal Men


you will notice we are missing one of the prime numbers...1, 3, 7 and 9 are all primes...but so is 5 so where did the unmentioned 5 rings go?

I have the secret.....

The Hobbits got the 5 rings, and while the elves and Sauron weren't looking they used their rings to manipulate all the other players in middle earth...they had a huge operation going and made a fortune making book on the battles and the trials of the other races in middle earth....well what do you think?? it could be possible...

5 rings for the Hobbit hustlers in their gambling dens.........could be [img]smile.gif[/img] <hr></blockquote>

Well, Middle Earth history mostly ignores the Hobbits so you may have something there [img]smile.gif[/img] .

Im so sad...my theory is blown......somehow no one caught the fact that 9 is NOT a prime number
( is divisible by 9, 3 and 1 *sigh*...hey wait..it wasn't nine, see I think they actually made 11 rings for humans but the hobbits stole two for themselves to go with their 5 and JUST told the humans they only got 9 [img]smile.gif[/img] yeah...thats the ticket [img]smile.gif[/img]

Originally posted by Staralfur: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by MagiK: Sure 1 is a prime number..it is only divisible by 1 and itself...jsut because it is one doesnt disqualify it. At least thats that the catholic nuns taught me in grade school [img]smile.gif[/img]

Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary defines prime as follows.

prime \'prim\ n [ME, fr. MF, fem. of prin first, L primus; akin to L prior] 1 : first in time : ORIGINAL 2 a : having no factor except itself and one <3 is a ~ number> b : having no common factor except one <12 and 25 are relatively ~> 3 a : first in rank, authority or significance : PRINCIPAL b : having the highest quality or value <~ television time>
Each of Webster's definitions may be applied to this page, but the most operative is 2a: An integer greater than one is prime if its only positive divisors are itself and one (otherwise it is composite). For example: 15 is composite because it has the two prime divisors 3 and 5.


Or look at the list here</font>[/QUOTE]Well your research is commendable but as of yet, my math prof's haven't docked me any points for using 1 as a prime number [img]smile.gif[/img] sooooooo Im gonna keep my ring theory.....Ill publish it right up there with the "string theory" from my physics class [img]smile.gif[/img]