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(Message started by: Noke Lieu on Apr 29^th, 2004, 10:49pm)

Title: Got to do with 3
Post by Noke Lieu on Apr 29^th, 2004, 10:49pm

Was mucking around, and stumbled across this series:

3,4,3,6,7,6,9,10,9,12,13,12....

Rather than what's the next in the series- What was I doing?
Whislt 'tis is open ended (and I appologise for that)- there is (at least) one firm answer.
Bear in mind its in Easy.

3, 6, 6, 12, 17, 17, 24... (assuming I can count) is the bigger brother.

Title: Re: Got to do with 3
Post by Benoit_Mandelbrot on May 4^th, 2004, 9:36am

This is an easy one. I just got around to looking down the list. The top one is ::[hide] ...,15,16,15,18,19,18,21,22,21,.... lets have the first three numbers be the first grouping of three. a₀ is now a list, being a₀={3,4,3}. a_n=a₀+3n={3+3n,4+3n,3+3n}. [/hide]::

Title: Re: Got to do with 3
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on May 4^th, 2004, 11:29am

Quote:

Bear in mind its in Easy.

OK.

Quote:

What was I doing?

Mucking around.

Got any harder ones?

Title: Re: Got to do with 3
Post by Sameer on May 4^th, 2004, 12:41pm

on 05/04/04 at 11:29:59, THUDandBLUNDER wrote:

OK.

Mucking around.

Got any harder ones?

;D I would agree that is most accurate answer.

Title: Re: Got to do with 3
Post by Noke Lieu on May 4^th, 2004, 11:23pm

Mongrels! :D

Okay- What was I mucking around with to get the series?
It has to do with three.
Notice I didn't ask for the relationship- I am asking for what was I doing to generate the relationship, hence its a puzzle.

Sorry- I thought it'd be fairly implicit.

Title: Re: Got to do with 3
Post by Noke Lieu on May 25^th, 2004, 5:18pm

...and squares.
Not 1,4,9,16 etc. [hide]
If I set an ordinary maths-type problem, you guys answer it before I've checked my spelling [/hide](sooo good). [hide]But combine it with a bit of puzzling and its a bit harder...[/hide]