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Are you in the 95%? (mander.xyz)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by BB84@mander.xyz to c/mathmemes
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SpoilerMore like 99.9995%

https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c2532359h2760821_the_emoji_problem__part_i

solution:

🍎 = 36875131794129999827197811565225474825492979968971970996283137471637224634055579
🍌 = 154476802108746166441951315019919837485664325669565431700026634898253202035277999
🍍 = 4373612677928697257861252602371390152816537558161613618621437993378423467772036

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[-] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago

I’ll be honest, I cleaned up the equation into a similar format, saw it was some elliptic curve thing and said to myself “this is where I’d send it to a computer”, but obviously the solution is so large I doubt it wins be easily to numerically derive.

[-] TammyTobacco@sh.itjust.works 39 points 3 weeks ago

The solution is easy. Blocks Community

[-] very_well_lost@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Is this one of those problems that looks trivially easy to solve but has actually been an open problem in math for centuries and drives all who attempt it to inevitable madness?

Getting a real "Collatz" vibe from this

[-] BB84@mander.xyz 14 points 3 weeks ago

There is a solution. It's just 80 digits long. I added it to the OP in the spoiler.

[-] very_well_lost@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Rad! Are there solutions for all numbers, I wonder? Or just 4?

ETA: I found at least one solution that works for 2. (1, 1, 3)

[-] BB84@mander.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah based on the graphical description in the linked post there probably are other solutions. But I don't think it would work for all integer.

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 11 points 3 weeks ago

The positive values are calories, fructose and citric acid

[-] oftheair 8 points 3 weeks ago

Yes.

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

Is this Lemmy thread too small to contain it?

[-] oftheair 1 points 5 days ago

Too small to contain what?

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

The "truly marvelous" solution :)

Edit: Wait, was your "yes" a response to the question in the image or the question in the title?

[-] DropThePot@lemy.lol 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

7, 14, 79 comes pretty close. 35, 132, 627 are even closer.

[-] BB84@mander.xyz 16 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Have you tried 36875131794129999827197811565225474825492979968971970996283137471637224634055579, 154476802108746166441951315019919837485664325669565431700026634898253202035277999, 4373612677928697257861252602371390152816537558161613618621437993378423467772036 ?

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