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wu :: forums    riddles    easy (Moderators: Icarus, william wu, Eigenray, SMQ, ThudnBlunder, Grimbal, towr)    Missing Digits « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: Missing Digits  (Read 428 times) ThudnBlunder wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler The dewdrop slides into the shining Sea     Gender: Posts: 4489 Missing Digits   « on: Aug 7th, 2007, 4:32pm » Quote Modify 1 ? 1 4 1 9 1 8 1 9 ? 9 1 9 ? 5 IP Logged THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH.....................................................................er, if that's all right with the rest of you. ThudnBlunder wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler The dewdrop slides into the shining Sea     Gender: Posts: 4489 Re: Missing Digits   « Reply #1 on: Aug 22nd, 2007, 7:50am » Quote Modify Hint:History IP Logged THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH.....................................................................er, if that's all right with the rest of you. pex Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 880 Re: Missing Digits   « Reply #2 on: Aug 22nd, 2007, 8:14am » Quote Modify on Aug 22nd, 2007, 7:50am, ThudanBlunder wrote: Hint:History Ah! 9, 3, 4? IP Logged denis Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 1222 Re: Missing Digits   « Reply #3 on: Aug 22nd, 2007, 8:17am » Quote Modify WW 1 and  WW 2 ?   EDIT: Pex beat me to the punch « Last Edit: Aug 22nd, 2007, 8:18am by denis » IP Logged ThudnBlunder wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler The dewdrop slides into the shining Sea     Gender: Posts: 4489 Re: Missing Digits   « Reply #4 on: Aug 22nd, 2007, 5:15pm » Quote Modify Well done.   I couldn't get this one in an IQ test:     79, 1012, 1315, 1618, ? IP Logged THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH.....................................................................er, if that's all right with the rest of you. Sameer Uberpuzzler Pie = pi * e     Gender: Posts: 1261 Re: Missing Digits   « Reply #5 on: Aug 22nd, 2007, 6:38pm » Quote Modify 1921?? IP Logged "Obvious" is the most dangerous word in mathematics. --Bell, Eric Temple Proof is an idol before which the mathematician tortures himself. Sir Arthur Eddington, quoted in Bridges to Infinity denis Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 1222 Re: Missing Digits   « Reply #6 on: Aug 22nd, 2007, 8:27pm » Quote Modify 1883 was a major one. May have been another between 1883 and 1618 ok not looking for volcanoes although AD 79 was pretty tricky. « Last Edit: Aug 22nd, 2007, 8:39pm by denis » IP Logged denis Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 1222 Re: Missing Digits   « Reply #7 on: Aug 22nd, 2007, 8:42pm » Quote Modify 1680? « Last Edit: Aug 22nd, 2007, 8:45pm by denis » IP Logged TheNumberScott Full Member     Gender: Posts: 210 Re: Missing Digits   « Reply #8 on: Aug 22nd, 2007, 9:00pm » Quote Modify I think 1921 is the answer, and there is a typo. Perhaps instead of 79, it's supposed to be 709? IP Logged There once was a man who hurt his shins. So he went to the doctor to get some help, and they gave him shins of rebar! denis Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 1222 Re: Missing Digits   « Reply #9 on: Aug 22nd, 2007, 9:25pm » Quote Modify   Check out page 52 of the PDF below   http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1440-1843.2006.00783. x   Look at the numbers on the x axis of the first chart.     Its a coincidence but strange nonetheless. IP Logged TheNumberScott Full Member     Gender: Posts: 210 Re: Missing Digits   « Reply #10 on: Aug 22nd, 2007, 10:09pm » Quote Modify hmmm, I didn't do too much investigation, but it would appear that I would need to subscribe to that journal in order to view the pdf.     I'll take your word for it that there is some really strange coincidence in which those numbers come up, or something. IP Logged There once was a man who hurt his shins. So he went to the doctor to get some help, and they gave him shins of rebar! Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print Forum Jump: ----------------------------- riddles -----------------------------=> easy   - medium   - hard   - what am i   - what happened   - microsoft   - cs   - putnam exam (pure math)   - suggestions, help, and FAQ   - general problem-solving / chatting / whatever ----------------------------- general -----------------------------  - guestbook   - truth   - complex analysis   - wanted   - psychology   - chinese « Previous topic | Next topic »

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