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#401 2012-04-20 11:22:48

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Re: Series

Tell me one of the easier approaches.

Impossible, I did not find any easy way except the logarithmic law.

That guy? Do they teach nothing today? Just dry mathematics and none of the flavor of the subject? Is this why humans are so bad at math? You are not pulling my leg are you?


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#402 2012-04-20 11:25:28

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Re: Series

anonimnystefy wrote:

Oooh,Goldbach Theorem Goldbach. Didn't know his first name was Christian.

And look at the last post on the last page,jst in case you miss it.

Looks like I was too late.

Logarithmic law? Let me search it up.


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#403 2012-04-20 11:29:04

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It will do you no good with the problem but it is interesting.


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If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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#404 2012-04-20 11:31:04

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There are so many things named Logarithmic Law on the net,so I cannot know which one you are reffering to. Could you tell me?

And what about Goldbach? What does he have to do with anything?


“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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#405 2012-04-20 11:34:24

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Re: Series

Look up Bensfords law or rule.

Christian Goldbach was an amateur mathematician. Not very good. Yet he was able to come up with a problem that stumped Euler and every mathematician since. It is easy to invent problems that you or no one else will be able to solve.


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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#406 2012-04-20 11:36:40

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I will look it up.

You are talking about his conjecture,right? Who came up with those two problems you posted?


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“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
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#407 2012-04-20 11:38:08

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Another brainless fool!


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If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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#408 2012-04-20 11:40:42

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I actually know about the Benfords law,but I didn't remember it. Can you somehow calculate the number of digts of that number?

Who is that brainless fool?


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“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
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#409 2012-04-20 11:43:49

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I do not know the answer to that. Used up a lot of brain cells working on it though.

Who is that brainless fool?

You really want to know?


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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#410 2012-04-20 11:44:51

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Is there a way to calculate the number of digits?


“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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#411 2012-04-20 11:46:29

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Not that I was able to discover. That is why it is a lifelong 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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#412 2012-04-20 11:51:18

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Ok. Who is the brainless fool?

And,any other problems?


“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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#413 2012-04-20 11:55:58

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Ok. Who is the brainless fool?

I can not answer that without a story. You do not like stories. You seem rather on the impatient side.


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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#414 2012-04-20 11:56:45

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I love stories. You do not know me at all.

Last edited by anonimnystefy (2012-04-20 12:02:01)


“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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#415 2012-04-20 12:05:51

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Col Erich Von Hitler: Do you all know the reason why yous will never succeed bahhhhbbbbyemm?

bobbym: No why?

Col Erich Von Hitler: Becowse ya ahlwaays is working on a praahhhblem, you all can't solve.
Thaaats the difference betweens yous and mee. Eyes know whaaats to work on, problems Eyes can saahlve. That is whys Eyes is the head of this heeere installation and yours boss.

bobbym: I always thought it was because of all those guys with guns that you command.

Col Erich Von Hitler: Yous is dang funny baaaahbbyemm.

bobbym's gf; Oh, Erich you are so wonderful. I bet there is lots of things you can teach me.

bobbym: Colonel would you mind very much stepping outside and standing in front of my car?

Col Erich Von Hitler: Eyes just loves y'all yankee sense of humor!


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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#416 2012-04-20 12:07:48

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Ok... Is he the brainless fool?


“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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#417 2012-04-20 12:09:43

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Facepalm as misheeru would say!

I am that brainless fool that is why I can come up with these problems. The Colonel was and is right. Knowing what to work on and what not to is the secret of success!


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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#418 2012-04-20 12:14:48

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You are not a brainless fool!


“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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#419 2012-04-20 12:16:54

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Re: Series

One of the problems solution was so complicated that even after it was explained to me by Robert Israel and someone else I still could not understand 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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#420 2012-04-20 12:18:34

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Which problem was 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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#421 2012-04-20 12:25:41

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Shuffle a deck and lay it out on a table face up in a line. What is the chance that 3 adjacent cards are the same suit?


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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#422 2012-04-20 12:27:24

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Wow,it seems so easy at first glance,but I know that these card problems can get pretty tough.


“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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#423 2012-04-20 12:29:16

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It was worse than tough. That is why I told the story of old Christian. A simply worded problem can be the hardest to solve.


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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#424 2012-04-20 12:35:23

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Here is a problem with an even simpler statement:

"Double a cube."


“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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#425 2012-04-20 12:38:16

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That one is known to be unsolvable with straightedge and compass.


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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