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#51 2012-12-26 08:08:34
- bobbym
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Re: A nice diophantine equation.
Check the post above you.
But now I am getting
That one works!!!!! Shortest one yet!
But if you use knowledge of landau notation you can see how we could derived it from my answer!
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#52 2012-12-26 08:20:06
- anonimnystefy
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Re: A nice diophantine equation.
Ah, I know what my mistake was! I calculated Gamma(3) to be 6!!!
Yes, it looks like it should be n^2/60.
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#53 2012-12-26 08:21:09
- bobbym
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Re: A nice diophantine equation.
Do you see how we could have gotten it from mine? The n^2/60 term is dominant for large n.
A really cool answer don't you think!
I will see you later, chores to do and thanks for working on the problem. You did great work with the formula.
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#54 2012-12-26 10:05:28
- anonimnystefy
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Re: A nice diophantine equation.
Yes, the answer is awesome.
See you later, then...
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