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Re: Amateur math, neat relation
Posted:
Sep 13, 2004 5:38 PM
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David C. Ullrich <ullrich@math.okstate.edu> wrote in message news:<sdm8k0pk7smh9jpkaq3t4db2ks6ph8mldr@4ax.com>...
> On 12 Sep 2004 03:48:58 -0700, jstevh@msn.com (James Harris) wrote:
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> >In any event, remember a while back I said that I didn't think my
> >relation was new, and asked for a citation.
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> a citation for an utter triviality.
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> -i- just proved that
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> 9767654654 + 90867531496 = 100635186150.
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> i'm certain that this -is- new! anyone who says otherwise
> should give a citation.
>
As for the proof, I checked that the last digit is correct,
i.e., 0. By a basic principle of Harristotelian logic, if
something is true for m = 0 then it is true for all other
values also. So it checks out! Plus it is 'neat' and
of course 'fascinating'.
Andrzej
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