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wu :: forums    riddles    medium (Moderators: ThudnBlunder, william wu, Eigenray, towr, Grimbal, Icarus, SMQ)    What's so special ...? « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: What's so special ...?  (Read 377 times) Benoit_Mandelbrot Junior Member Almost doesn't count.     Gender: Posts: 133 What's so special ...?   « on: Feb 27th, 2004, 8:23am » Quote Modify What's so special about this number n=1.76322283435...?   There is probably more than one answer. « Last Edit: Feb 27th, 2004, 10:07am by Benoit_Mandelbrot » IP Logged Because of modulo, different bases, and significant digits, all numbers equal each other! Eigenray wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 1948 Re: What's so special ...?   « Reply #1 on: Feb 27th, 2004, 8:59am » Quote Modify :n log n = 1, courtesy of Plouffe. IP Logged Benoit_Mandelbrot Junior Member Almost doesn't count.     Gender: Posts: 133 Re: What's so special ...?   « Reply #2 on: Feb 27th, 2004, 10:10am » Quote Modify Sweet website.  I should say you should find what's special about it yourself though. IP Logged Because of modulo, different bases, and significant digits, all numbers equal each other! John_Gaughan Uberpuzzler Behold, the power of cheese!     Gender: Posts: 767 Re: What's so special ...?   « Reply #3 on: Feb 27th, 2004, 8:54pm » Quote Modify on Feb 27th, 2004, 8:23am, Benoit_Mandelbrot wrote: What's so special about this number n=1.76322283435...?   There is probably more than one answer. Off the top of my head, I think it has something to do with [phi] or e, maybe involving an integral and/or natural logarithm. IP Logged x = (0x2B | ~0x2B) x == the_question Benoit_Mandelbrot Junior Member Almost doesn't count.     Gender: Posts: 133 Re: What's so special ...?   « Reply #4 on: Mar 1st, 2004, 6:00am » Quote Modify It seems like nobody cares about this number because it was answered in the first post, but my answer is this:   ::nn=e ; n=1/ProductLog(1).:: « Last Edit: Mar 1st, 2004, 6:01am by Benoit_Mandelbrot » IP Logged Because of modulo, different bases, and significant digits, all numbers equal each other! John_Gaughan Uberpuzzler Behold, the power of cheese!     Gender: Posts: 767 Re: What's so special ...?   « Reply #5 on: Mar 1st, 2004, 6:33am » Quote Modify Well you did say there was more than one answer. IP Logged x = (0x2B | ~0x2B) x == the_question 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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