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#1476 2012-01-26 03:09:23
- bobbym
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Re: What do you think?
Brought this problem down to the front.
New problem:
People send in donations of 29 or 31 dollars. At the end of the drive the money is counted. What is the largest amount of money that is not possible to attain considering an unlimited number of donations?
A says) Too easy it is obviously infinity. There will always be an endless supply of numbers that can not be represented.
B says) Not true. There was a rather famous American mathematician named
C says)There goes B again arguing in the face of overwhelming A arguments. I like A's answer.
D says) Ditto!
E says) B is right, can you compute the number B?
B says) Yes, it is
A says) It is infinity of course. How droll! Everyone except B knows that infinity is not a number.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#1477 2012-01-26 08:20:39
- anonimnystefy
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Re: What do you think?
hi bobbym
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#1478 2012-01-26 08:46:10
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Re: What do you think?
Hi;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#1479 2012-01-26 08:49:07
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Re: What do you think?
yaaaaaaaaaay.
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#1480 2012-01-26 08:50:24
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Re: What do you think?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#1481 2012-01-26 09:01:36
- anonimnystefy
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Re: What do you think?
hi bobbym
why have you hidden it?
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#1482 2012-01-26 09:02:34
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Re: What do you think?
Other people may want to work on it. Your exclamation gives away the answer.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#1483 2012-01-26 09:07:51
- anonimnystefy
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speaking of thos 'other people',what happened to gAr.i haven't seen him in a while!
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#1484 2012-01-26 09:19:15
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Re: What do you think?
gAr has been in here yesterday and today. He is working hard on his studies.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#1485 2012-01-28 02:55:51
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Re: What do you think?
Hi Bobby,
Last edited by phrontister (2012-01-28 20:56:54)
"The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do." - Ted Nelson
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#1486 2012-01-28 03:09:11
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Re: What do you think?
Hi phrontister;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#1487 2012-01-28 03:23:19
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Re: What do you think?
hi guys
i found the formula max=p*q-p-q in a book i've got.nice proof as well,but the formula works when LCM(p,q)=1
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#1488 2012-01-28 03:27:31
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Re: What do you think?
Hi;
They are called Frobenius numbers and there is no known formulas for 3 or more.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#1489 2012-02-01 02:41:44
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Re: What do you think?
New problem:
For computer programmers.
Solve the alphametic:
NINETYNINENONILLIONNINETYNINETRILLIONNINETYONE = NINETYNINENONILLIONNINETYNINETRILLIONFORTYFIVE + NINETEEN + ELEVEN + TEN + FIVE + ONE
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#1490 2012-02-01 06:21:01
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Re: What do you think?
Hi bobbym,
"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense" - Buddha?
"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."
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#1491 2012-02-01 07:54:19
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Re: What do you think?
Hi gAr;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#1492 2012-02-01 21:09:52
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Re: What do you think?
Hi bobbym,
Okay, thanks.
I think there's no solution for that.
"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense" - Buddha?
"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."
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#1493 2012-02-01 21:35:29
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Re: What do you think?
Hi gAr;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#1494 2012-02-01 21:46:12
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Re: What do you think?
Hi bobbym,
"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense" - Buddha?
"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."
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#1495 2012-02-01 21:52:58
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Hi gAr;
Yes, 4A they call it.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#1496 2012-02-01 21:59:37
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Re: What do you think?
Hi,
Okay. One more masterpiece from him!
"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense" - Buddha?
"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."
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#1497 2012-02-01 22:03:48
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Re: What do you think?
Hi;
You said it! I enjoy those books for the tons of information and the problems.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#1498 2012-02-01 22:12:15
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Yes, every page is packed with so much information!
I couldn't find any solution the way I did it.
"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense" - Buddha?
"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."
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#1499 2012-02-01 22:16:43
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Re: What do you think?
I am less than half way done with my attempt. It will take a while for me just to enter the problem.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#1500 2012-02-01 22:24:10
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Re: What do you think?
Okay, let me know when you complete it.
"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense" - Buddha?
"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."
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