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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

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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.


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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#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...


“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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