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Kaotis
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what is the next number?
« on: Jul 31st, 2004, 2:26am » |
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3,3,5,4,4,3,5,5,4,3,?
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Re: what is the next number?
« Reply #1 on: Jul 31st, 2004, 5:34am » |
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The next 10 are ::6,6,8,8,7,7,9,98,8,6::
Assuming the two sequences are the same, of course...
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Re: what is the next number?
« Reply #2 on: Aug 1st, 2004, 4:52am » |
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A typo, rmsgrey? Your third from the last must be >8<
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Re: what is the next number?
« Reply #3 on: Aug 1st, 2004, 7:25am » |
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Maybe it was not the same series, after all?
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Re: what is the next number?
« Reply #4 on: Aug 1st, 2004, 8:03am » |
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Nope, Methuselah is right, I did get it wrong... My own fault for trying to take short-cuts rather than calculating each term directly...
So is the next term (after the ones I already gave) ::9:: or ::10::?
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Leo Broukhis
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Re: what is the next number?
« Reply #5 on: Aug 1st, 2004, 3:17pm » |
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There are two sequences (including and excluding non-letters);
worse yet, neither is well-defined starting from 109.
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Re: what is the next number?
« Reply #6 on: Aug 1st, 2004, 4:38pm » |
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I would say the 100th term is a problem already.
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Sir Col
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Re: what is the next number?
« Reply #7 on: Aug 2nd, 2004, 2:43am » |
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Also I believe that Americans would say, "one hundred one", rather than "one hundred and one".
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Leo Broukhis
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Re: what is the next number?
« Reply #8 on: Aug 2nd, 2004, 3:45pm » |
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"one hundred (and) one" can be remedied in one of the sequences by assuming that & stands for "and" and that it is not a letter (although it used to be considered one). But the fun is lost.
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