Kepler's conjecture or Goldbach conjecture (1027 hits)
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Submitted by kristy (View user info) at 2008-06-06 08:46:23 EDT
Maths is teh hawt!
So I have taken two conjectures
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Sir Walter Raleigh is perhaps best known for laying down his cloak in the mud for Queen Elizabeth I (though sadly this act of chivalry is probably a myth!) However, he also started a mathematical quest which to this day remains unsolved.
Sir Walter posed a simple question to his mathematical assistant, Thomas Harriot. How can I calculate the number of cannon balls in a stack? Harriot solved this problem without difficulty but started to wonder about a more general problem. What arrangement of the balls takes up the least space?
(apparently this is no longer 'conjecture' - http://www.math.pitt.edu/~thales/kepler98/
VERSUS...DUM DUM DUM....
Goldbach conjecture asserts that all positive even integers can be expressed as the sum of two primes. Two primes such that p+q=2n for n a positive integer are sometimes called a Goldbach partition (Oliveira e Silva).
Notice that there can be more than one Goldbach pair. The conjecture says only that there is at least one, and has nothing to say about whether there may be more.
example of Goldbach conjecture:
This is really a simple idea, as these few examples will show:
20 = 7 + 13
34 = 3 + 31
42 = 13 + 29
66 = 19 + 47
72 = 11 + 61
100 = 47 + 53
So what's so hard about that, you ask? Well, just try proving that it is true for ALL even whole numbers. Ever since Goldbach made this observation, mathematicians, professional and amateur alike, have tried to do that. But with no real success.
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My question, what one gives you the biggest hard on?
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-06-12 12:50:38 EDT (#)
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www.xkcd.com
I am rubbish at maths because I am in a wheelchair.
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2008-06-10 17:57:23 EDT (#)
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+2 nerd stuff!
Submitted by BeforeEmily (user info) at 2008-06-10 17:33:10 EDT (#)
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http://www.ubersite.com/m/117097#2725768 --- WAAAMMMBUULANCE>>>>>> my retail was deserved!!
"retail"? fucking retard
Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2008-06-10 15:31:19 EDT (#)
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Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2008-06-10 15:31:10 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-06-10 10:28:25 EDT (#)
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Take it back, you're a fucking moron and get the hell of my posts dipshit.
Submitted by GangsterSquid (user info) at 2008-06-09 19:20:25 EDT (#)
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The second one gets ME off simply because it's still sort of unproven.
Submitted by BeforeEmily (user info) at 2008-06-09 11:15:31 EDT (#)
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who is this cuntwheel?
Submitted by goatfucker (user info) at 2008-06-08 23:32:22 EDT (#)
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Fractals!
http://images.google.com/images?q=sphereflake
infinite surface area within a finite volume
That's actually not that much of a mindfuck if you think about it. Series' give me a huge math hard on though. And things like e^(pi*i)+1. It's pretty amazing that e and pi can appear in so many different places in mathematics.
Submitted by gascs (user info) at 2008-06-08 22:03:23 EDT (#)
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1218? WTF?
Submitted by Wildman (user info) at 2008-06-08 17:12:59 EDT (#)
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gimme more -2's, More, MORE!!!!!!!!
Submitted by Maddog (user info) at 2008-06-08 08:41:49 EDT (#)
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The answer is: 9 red skittles + 7 red skittles is 16 red skittles. Taste the rainbow.
Submitted by Wildman (user info) at 2008-06-08 03:44:46 EDT (#)
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May I please have some more -2's?
Thank You.
Submitted by crosschris (user info) at 2008-06-07 05:25:56 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2008-06-06 10:31:17 EDT (#)
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Take the number of middle fingers I am extending to you, use a multiple of pi squared, extrapolate, and go fuck yourself.
Right THERE. One good reason to tolerate a living Dinosaur.
Submitted by simple_catalyst (user info) at 2008-06-07 03:09:09 EDT (#)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum_hypothesis
or Godel's incompleteness theorem. either way.
Submitted by no1hasdis (user info) at 2008-06-06 14:43:09 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2008-06-06 10:31:17 EDT (#)
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Take the number of middle fingers I am extending to you, use a multiple of pi squared, extrapolate, and go fuck yourself.
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bwahahah, just when you think shlongy's losing his edge...
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2008-06-06 14:10:15 EDT (#)
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I think that's a bit of a stretch...YEARS????
Maybe "hours"....
Submitted by HadToBeDone (user info) at 2008-06-06 14:05:20 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2008-06-06 10:31:17 EDT (#)
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Take the number of middle fingers I am extending to you, use a multiple of pi squared, extrapolate, and go fuck yourself.
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bwahahahahahah
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Best Shlongy comment in a couple years.
Submitted by Ltap (user info) at 2008-06-06 13:22:31 EDT (#)
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Pity +2
Submitted by thecaes (user info) at 2008-06-06 13:21:05 EDT (#)
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I understood practically nothing about this post. Something about cannonballs and hardons.
Submitted by shadow (user info) at 2008-06-06 11:26:27 EDT (#)
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When I was a little kid my mother told me not to stare into the sun. So once when I was six, I did.
Submitted by Doodles (user info) at 2008-06-06 10:50:19 EDT (#)
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Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2008-06-06 10:42:27 EDT (#)
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Ooo, wait! Fractions...
9 x 1/3 = 9/3 = 3
3 =/= 9
...further refined to 'positive integers'
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Fractions don't exactly fit into the 'formula' as a fraction is essentially multiplying and the dividing and division was not included in said 'formula'
Submitted by Doodles (user info) at 2008-06-06 10:46:30 EDT (#)
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Submitted by centaur (user info) at 2008-06-06 09:33:27 EDT (#)
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Just change the F.J conjecture to read 'positive' numbers.
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What would be more correct is that the solution of any integer multiplied by nine when separated into single digit will add to be the absolute value of nine or the absolute value of a multiple of nine.
Submitted by DudeThatsBOSH (user info) at 2008-06-06 10:46:24 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2008-06-06 10:31:17 EDT (#)
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Take the number of middle fingers I am extending to you, use a multiple of pi squared, extrapolate, and go fuck yourself.
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bwahahahahahah
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2008-06-06 10:42:27 EDT (#)
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Ooo, wait! Fractions...
9 x 1/3 = 9/3 = 3
3 =/= 9
...further refined to 'positive integers'
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2008-06-06 10:31:17 EDT (#)
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Take the number of middle fingers I am extending to you, use a multiple of pi squared, extrapolate, and go fuck yourself.
Submitted by kristy (user info) at 2008-06-06 10:11:56 EDT (#)
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Submitted by LittleMonster (user info) at 2008-06-06 09:56:25 EDT (#)
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I looked at this page and all I saw was blagh blagh blagh...etc
Thanks for confirming how utterly usless I am.
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soz!
Submitted by kristy (user info) at 2008-06-06 10:11:36 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Cyrus (user info) at 2008-06-06 09:51:19 EDT (#)
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What's your favorite physics formula?
Mine's: eiπ + 1 = 0
(where small i and pi should be superscript, curse you Bart)
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I like the simplicity of Newtons second law.
F=ma
The acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the force upon it, and inversly propertional to the mass of that object.
Submitted by DudeThatsBOSH (user info) at 2008-06-06 10:02:25 EDT (#)
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you know, some of us were up late drinking and watching the celtics and farting in scruggs' cheerios last night. This is not my idea of a good time for a friday morning.
someone make a post about educated velociraptors who discuss modern day *politics over a game of horse shoes and we'll be in business.
*by 'modern day politics', i meant 'logistics of throwing a kegger at the moon tower'
Submitted by LittleMonster (user info) at 2008-06-06 09:56:25 EDT (#)
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I looked at this page and all I saw was blagh blagh blagh...etc
Thanks for confirming how utterly usless I am.
Submitted by Cyrus (user info) at 2008-06-06 09:51:19 EDT (#)
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What's your favorite physics formula?
Mine's: eiπ + 1 = 0
(where small i and pi should be superscript, curse you Bart)
Submitted by centaur (user info) at 2008-06-06 09:33:27 EDT (#)
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Just change the F.J conjecture to read 'positive' numbers.
Submitted by F.J.Bell (user info) at 2008-06-06 09:32:00 EDT (#)
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0 and -1 are numbers.
9 x 0 = 0
0 =/= 9
9 x (-1) = -9
-9 =/= 9
Fail.
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Truth. I shall fall on my sword.
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2008-06-06 09:30:58 EDT (#)
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Submitted by F.J.Bell (user info) at 2008-06-06 08:55:17 EDT (#)
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If you multiply a number by 9, then add together the sum of the answer, you will always get 9!
Check it out: 9 x 4 = 36
3 + 6 = 9!
I spent a week trying to find a number that disproved this rule, but there isn't one. Even a mad long number:
45673 x 9 = 411057
4 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 5 + 7 = 18
1 + 8 = 9!
FUCKING NINE!!!
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0 and -1 are numbers.
9 x 0 = 0
0 =/= 9
9 x (-1) = -9
-9 =/= 9
Fail.
Submitted by Nellypaal (user info) at 2008-06-06 09:13:50 EDT (#)
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Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2008-06-06 08:52:28 EDT (#)
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Nelly, you need this: http://www.rathergood.com/first_drink/
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Heh heh, sweet.
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-06-06 09:09:00 EDT (#)
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What was that film with Jim Carey, 21 or something? Shit film but I like maths.
Submitted by DrogoRoch (user info) at 2008-06-06 09:04:21 EDT (#)
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That as maybe but he didnt say that : This number 12907701 does not equal 9 so he didnt explain it correctly. I stand by it. I'm off Yay!!!!
Submitted by HadToBeDone (user info) at 2008-06-06 09:03:32 EDT (#)
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TRIPLE PWN!!!!!!
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Submitted by F.J.Bell (user info) at 2008-06-06 08:55:17 EDT (#)
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If you multiply a number by 9, then add together the sum of the answer, you will always get 9!
Check it out: 9 x 4 = 36
3 + 6 = 9!
I spent a week trying to find a number that disproved this rule, but there isn't one. Even a mad long number:
45673 x 9 = 411057
4 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 5 + 7 = 18
1 + 8 = 9!
FUCKING NINE!!!
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Ummm?
1434189 x 9 = 12907701
1+2+9+0+7+7+0+1= 27
Wow and you spent a week doing this?
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And 2+7=9. Fail, poor Drogo.
Submitted by centaur (user info) at 2008-06-06 09:01:28 EDT (#)
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Submitted by DrogoRoch (user info) at 2008-06-06 09:00:14 EDT (#)
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Submitted by F.J.Bell (user info) at 2008-06-06 08:55:17 EDT (#)
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If you multiply a number by 9, then add together the sum of the answer, you will always get 9!
Check it out: 9 x 4 = 36
3 + 6 = 9!
I spent a week trying to find a number that disproved this rule, but there isn't one. Even a mad long number:
45673 x 9 = 411057
4 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 5 + 7 = 18
1 + 8 = 9!
FUCKING NINE!!!
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Ummm?
1434189 x 9 = 12907701
1+2+9+0+7+7+0+1= 27
Wow and you spent a week doing this?
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1+2+9+0+7+7+0+1= 27
2+7 = 9 Drogo!
Submitted by F.J.Bell (user info) at 2008-06-06 09:01:28 EDT (#)
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Ummm?
1434189 x 9 = 12907701
1+2+9+0+7+7+0+1= 27
Wow and you spent a week doing this?
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27
2+7 = 9, dumbass.
Submitted by DrogoRoch (user info) at 2008-06-06 09:00:14 EDT (#)
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Submitted by F.J.Bell (user info) at 2008-06-06 08:55:17 EDT (#)
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If you multiply a number by 9, then add together the sum of the answer, you will always get 9!
Check it out: 9 x 4 = 36
3 + 6 = 9!
I spent a week trying to find a number that disproved this rule, but there isn't one. Even a mad long number:
45673 x 9 = 411057
4 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 5 + 7 = 18
1 + 8 = 9!
FUCKING NINE!!!
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Ummm?
1434189 x 9 = 12907701
1+2+9+0+7+7+0+1= 27
Wow and you spent a week doing this?
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2008-06-06 08:57:52 EDT (#)
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On the first one:
It is easily demonstrable that the least efficient storage arrangement for the cannon balls is a single line, so we first build a box large enough to contain all the cannon balls in a single line. Place all the cannon balls into the box and seal the top. Now is where we think outside the box. Outside the box, the cannon balls take up no space whatsoever. Therefore, the least amount of space the cannon balls can take up is zero. Everything's easy when you think outside the box.
Submitted by centaur (user info) at 2008-06-06 08:56:38 EDT (#)
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F.J Bell conjecture below.
Submitted by F.J.Bell (user info) at 2008-06-06 08:55:17 EDT (#)
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If you multiply a number by 9, then add together the sum of the answer, you will always get 9!
Check it out: 9 x 4 = 36
3 + 6 = 9!
I spent a week trying to find a number that disproved this rule, but there isn't one. Even a mad long number:
45673 x 9 = 411057
4 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 5 + 7 = 18
1 + 8 = 9!
FUCKING NINE!!!
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2008-06-06 08:52:28 EDT (#)
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Nelly, you need this: http://www.rathergood.com/first_drink/
Submitted by Nellypaal (user info) at 2008-06-06 08:49:22 EDT (#)
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Not on a Friday afternoon! I can barely remember what I had for lunch, occupied as my thoughts are by what my first drink of the day is going to be.