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To: TexasGator; Kevmo
A solution was found using a power series but you would need to use 10^8000000 terms.

Kevin, you may want to jump in here.

Or not...

69 posted on 01/06/2022 5:50:58 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

There are now mathematical solutions being worked out on computers that could never be approached using humans, pen and paper. But this particular problem doesn’t look like they generated a real solution. This is a well known issue in mathematics, similar to a prior issue in math where it didn’t seem possible to calculate the area under a curve with any precision until Liebniz and Newton developed calculus. I think that this particular problem will generate its own new mathematical flourish similar to calculus.


75 posted on 01/06/2022 10:55:56 AM PST by Kevmo (I’m immune from Covid since I don’t watch TV.🤗)
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