Celebrating 80th birthday of Ursula Andress with lots of palindromes

By The Beacon | March 18, 2016 12:01pm
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Photo courtesy of Aziz Inan.

by Aziz Inan |

Ursula Andress, born on 19 March 1936 in Ostermundigen, Switzerland, is a Swiss film and television actress who played in American, British and Italian films in the second half of the 20th century [1]. She is best known for her role as Bond girl Honey Ryder in the first James Bond film, Dr. No, for which she won a Golden Globe in 1964. She later also appeared in the Bond satire Casino Royale as Vesper Lynd.

This Saturday, 19 March 2016 marks the 80th birthday of Ursula Andress and I prepared the following birthday gift with lots of palindromes for her:

  1. Andress was born in 1936 which equals the square of 44, a palindrome number.
  2. Andress was born on 19 March which can be expressed as 19-3 or simply as 193. Interestingly enough, 193 is the 44th prime number.
  3. Andress was born on the 79th day of 1936 where 79 is the 22nd prime number where 22 is another palindrome.
  4. Andress was born on 19-03-1936, or simply, 19031936. If her birthday 19031936 is split in the middle as 1903 and 1936, the difference of these two numbers equals 33, another palindrome.
  5. Further, the leftmost and the rightmost halves of 1903 (19 March) add up to 22. Similarly, the sum of the leftmost and rightmost halves of 1936 equals 55.
  6. Moreover, Andress turned palindrome ages 55 and 66 in palindrome years 1991 and 2002.
  7. Andress will turn palindrome age 88 in 2024 where the sum of the leftmost and the rightmost halves of 2024 equals 44 and twice 44 is 88.
  8. Andress will turn twice 88 in the next palindrome year 2112.
  9. Andress turns 80 where 80 = 2^4 x 5 and these three integers (2, 4, and 5) add up to 11, another palindrome.
  10. Andress turns 80 on 19032016 where the sum of the digits of this date is 22.
  11. Andress was born on 19031936 where the sum of the digits of this date is 32 and interestingly enough, the 32nd prime number is 131, another palindrome.
  12. If numbers 1 to 26 are assigned to the letters of the English alphabet, A as 1, B as 2, C as 3, etc., the sum of the numbers assigned to Honey Ryder (the fictional character played by Andress in Dr. No) equals 137 where 137 is the 33rd prime number.
  13. Lastly, Andress was the daughter of Anna, a palindrome name.
I hope you enjoy all of these palindromes Ursula Andress and have a happy 80th birthday!

Aziz Inan is an electrical engineering professor at the University of Portland. He can be reached at ainan@up.edu. 

[1] Ursula Andress, Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_Andress

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