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09-09-19, 11:28 AM
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things you didn't know...
... and didn't realise you needed to know:
Apparently solving the equation x³+y³+z³ = k, where k is any number between 1 and 100 has proven very difficult for the number 42 (Douglas Adams was onto something). After millions of hours of computing time (really!), the equation has been solved: x = -80538738812075974 y = 80435758145817515 z = 12602123297335631 being a natural sceptic I plugged them into a scientific calculator and, yes, it yields 42. The article is here for the curious/bored: https://phys.org/news/2019-09-sum-cu...real-life.html |
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09-09-19, 01:53 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: At home
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Re: things you didn't know...
Even though I now know that, I don't think I really needed to.
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