e

Woohoo!!!

Got it!!!

http://www.google.com/googleblog/2004/07/warning-we-brake-for-number-theory.html



It wasn’t that figuring out how to solve it was too difficult- it was just getting the job done that caused me to tear my hair out a bit. It’s the really really really big numbers that get you. here’s e to the nth place ::


2.71828182845904523536028747135266249775724
7093699959574966967627724076630353547594571
3821785251664274274663919320030599218174135
9662904357290033429526059563073802518820503
5196742472332465361446638770681338835343003
4139974174573454428990064205056256412883731
4486625718121816955883967531951527793838410
1062576645231282166052390983951551299694776
3023165855070702535657881114373508798119492
9233692894922188035324152322634198156645140
6950047196003708315752531447274695337642218
5585970490727919479183987903732774852033585
71021151276932683987895


And it goes on and on and on- nasty!!

I heard this all the other day on NPR when trying to wake up and get out of bed :P the website refreshed my memory and I set down to it.... The answer brought me to another page which puzzle is puzzling- at least with e you have something to work with...

Actually, I’m not a math person, I’m an English major person... so I had to figure out what e was in the first place... I found this page to be the best for me :) because it spelled things out without using mathmatical shourthand- the funny symbols are useful, but not until one is comfortable reading them.

anyway.. *big grin* I’m happy!

oh- yea--i still have to solve the second puzzle... oh heck!!