Comments | gotardz: Encompassing puzzle

gotardz

Encompassing puzzle

Jun 23, 2005 09:03

Since some people thought the puzzle I posted yesterday was dumb, I've decided to post a more "intelligenter" puzzle today ( Read more... )

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revjim June 23 2005, 16:51:22 UTC

As dumb as yesterday's was... this one is impossible.

I know ROUGHLY what is involved in computing this... but I don't have the math skills required to do so. I'm sure that the answer is one of those things that number theorists, mystics, and numerologists will look on with great anticipation and speculation.

Oh... and yesterday's was dumb for two reasons... 1) Jess got it, within seconds, and I didn't. I'm just telling myself that she saw it before and simply remembered the answer... and B) because it is just plain silly. :)

gotardz June 23 2005, 17:00:25 UTC

Don't be so quick to dismiss this one. You can do this one with a combination of algebra and geometry (and a little programming/scripting).

revjim June 23 2005, 17:11:10 UTC

Yeah... I worked out the geometry part... I think... and then I can write a program to start at one and keep feeding it the answer from the previous run until the previous answer is VERY VERY close to the current and next solution ( ... )

gotardz June 23 2005, 17:29:37 UTC

I'll take an answer within two decimal places. You win a coke if you get it right. And yes, I'm looking for the limit to which the series converges.

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Damn man farrisgoldstein June 23 2005, 17:54:50 UTC

I wish I had the time you negroes have to sit around and do bullshit math problems all day. :)

Re: Damn man gotardz June 23 2005, 18:33:02 UTC

Then get a real job and quit living off the public dough.

sivatonight June 24 2005, 00:13:13 UTC

You never told me if my answer from yesterday was right.

And dammit, it's the only puzzle you posted that I even had a CHANCE at!

gotardz June 24 2005, 00:23:12 UTC

My apologies. Yes, your solution yesterday was right on the money.