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pete
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Re: Math trick? Angst's Theorem??
Posted:
Dec 2, 2012 11:43 AM
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Wally W. wrote:
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> On Sun, 02 Dec 2012 07:49:17 -0500, pete wrote:
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> >Existential Angst wrote:
> >>
> >> Try this on a calculator/spreadsheet:
> >>
> >> Take sq rt of 10, to as many places as poss..
> >> Then take recip. What do you see?
> >> For the calculationally lazy:
> >> 3.162277660168 --> .3162277660168... !!!!
> >> Weird coincidence? Predictable??
> >> Angst's Theorem??
> >
> >
> >Take sq rt of N, to as many places as poss..
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> N = 3:
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> sqrt(N)= 1.7320508075689
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> >Then take recip.
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> 1/N = 0.57735026918963
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> >What do you see?
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> Nothing immediately interesting.
>
> When working in base-10, I see interesting things only when N is an
> integral power of 10.
0.3162277660168 being one tenth of 3.162277660168
isn't really interesting at all.
Just like
0.57735026918963 being one third of 1.7320508075689
isn't really interesting either.
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pete
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