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| Thread ID: 77759 | 2007-03-21 05:08:00 | Century-Old Math Puzzle Is Solved | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
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| 534772 | 2007-03-21 05:08:00 | It took 18 people four years to work out a math problem. But they're not going to be punished for turning in a late assignment. After all, the Palo Alto-based math institute that handed out the assignment knew that the problem had gone unsolved for more than a century -- and that the answer would probably be billions of digits long. (www.siliconvalley.com):nerd: | SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 534773 | 2007-03-21 05:24:00 | Danged edit envelope:badpc: ..here's more if you like (http://www.aimath.org/):dogeye: | SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 534774 | 2007-03-21 08:52:00 | I'll bet you are talking about the infinity result of pi. It was covered on our "News" a day or so ago and so far it's into trillions. Also there are competitions to remember the result. A Korean has the record of going for 16 hours but got know where near the trillion mark. |
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| 534775 | 2007-03-21 11:22:00 | I'm glued to my seat. I think the real reason it hasn't been solved for a century (actually I would have said from the beginning of time or did they loose the answer?) is it's just plain boring. Was the answer 42 perhaps? |
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