September 28, 2006
The Hamelly Formula
This is sort of an inside joke, but the formula which many people I know attribute to one C. Hamelly (if John Derbyshire's memory serves) was actually devised by Aristotle.
Just on an arithmetic note: The classical formula (due to Aristotle IMS) for ages of man and wife is X vs. (X/2)+7. So the ideal partner for a 35-yr-old woman would be a 56-yr-old man.
Posted by Papa-Lu at September 28, 2006 7:50 AM
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Its not ideal, just a reasonable limit. Or so I thought
Posted by: Monika at September 29, 2006 10:13 AM
Hi Monika!
Yeah, that's true. Hamelly's formula was that anything in this range is acceptable.
Posted by: Chris at September 30, 2006 9:13 AM
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