Pomerance was a mathematician at the University of Georgia at the time Aaron (a member of the nearby Atlanta Braves) broke Ruth's record, and the student of one of Pomerance's colleagues noticed that the sums of the prime factors of 714 and 715 were equal.
Pomerance var matematiker på Universitetet i Georgia när Aaron (medlem på närliggande Atlanta Braves) slog Ruths rekord, och en student till en av Pomerances kollegor noterade att summan av primtalsfaktorerna av 714 och 715 var samma.