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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by BB84@mander.xyz to c/mathmemes@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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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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[–] TammyTobacco@sh.itjust.works 42 points 2 months ago

The solution is easy. Blocks Community

[–] very_well_lost@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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 2 months 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 10 points 2 months ago

The positive values are calories, fructose and citric acid

[–] oftheair@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yes.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is this Lemmy thread too small to contain it?

[–] oftheair@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Too small to contain what?

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] BB84@mander.xyz 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Have you tried 36875131794129999827197811565225474825492979968971970996283137471637224634055579, 154476802108746166441951315019919837485664325669565431700026634898253202035277999, 4373612677928697257861252602371390152816537558161613618621437993378423467772036 ?

[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I’ll be honest, I cleaned up the equation into a similar format, saw it was some elliptic curve thing and said to myself β€œthis 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.

[–] BB84@mander.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah it's beyond floating point precision range so doing it on a computer requires special care, but it's still very doable, as the linked post demonstrates!

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Is rhe 5% cyborgs with builtin calculators?

[–] BB84@mander.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago

yes πŸ€–