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Mathematician Untangles Legendary Problem
Science Daily/University Of Wisconsin-Madison ^
| 2005-04-05
Posted on 04/07/2005 1:30:20 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
Andrews adds, "but there are still plenty of wells we don't understand."
--> I read the article, There's still plenty i don't understand either! hehehehe
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posted on
04/07/2005 1:35:27 AM PDT
by
1FASTGLOCK45
(FreeRepublic: More fun than watching Dem'Rats drown like Turkeys in the rain! ! !)
To: nickcarraway
This was already posted, and the consensus was the answer is "42."
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posted on
04/07/2005 1:35:34 AM PDT
by
DC Bound
To: nickcarraway
I love this stuff - - thanks for posting.
In high school (decades ago) I was fascinated with trying to trisect an angle with a compass and straight-edge. Okay, I was a nerd.
To: Cronos; swarthyguy; sukhoi-30mki
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posted on
04/07/2005 1:44:18 AM PDT
by
risk
To: nickcarraway
Well, I must say that now that this has been solved.
MY day is now comlete and I can sleep soundly..,.
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posted on
04/07/2005 1:48:49 AM PDT
by
ChefKeith
(Apply here to be added to the NASCAR Ping List, Daytona is done but we got 31 more races to go...)
To: ChefKeith
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posted on
04/07/2005 1:49:36 AM PDT
by
ChefKeith
(Apply here to be added to the NASCAR Ping List, Daytona is done but we got 31 more races to go...)
To: DC Bound
Oh great.
Now the dolphins will attack.
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posted on
04/07/2005 1:58:15 AM PDT
by
Salamander
(Red Sonja)
To: Mitchell
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posted on
04/07/2005 1:59:36 AM PDT
by
Allan
To: ARridgerunner
Ping for you too.
Ramanujan is my favorite mathematician.
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posted on
04/07/2005 2:00:29 AM PDT
by
Allan
To: Lancey Howard
I tried it too. After a few years of college, you find out it's not possible... you are essentially trying to solve a cubic equation, but a ruler and compass can only solve squares, fourth power, etc.
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posted on
04/07/2005 2:05:14 AM PDT
by
djf
To: nickcarraway
My head hurts after reading this. As long as it doesn't change the way I try to balance my checkbook, I'll just take Karl Mahlburg's word for it.
To: Lancey Howard
In high school (decades ago) I was fascinated with trying to trisect an angle with a compass and straight-edge. Okay, I was a nerd. Me too. I was totally obsessed with that problem.
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
04/07/2005 3:20:25 AM PDT
by
ex-Texan
(Mathew 7:1 through 6)
To: DC Bound
This was already posted, and the consensus was the answer is "42." It's a good thing I've got my towel.
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posted on
04/07/2005 3:22:56 AM PDT
by
Samwise
(The sentence formerly known as tagline.)
To: nickcarraway
I flunked arithmetic.
Algebra II was out of the question.
(I hate to claim "victim status," but I was intellectually damaged by the "New Math" in the mid-sixties.)
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posted on
04/07/2005 3:23:38 AM PDT
by
Pete'sWife
(Dirt is for racing... asphalt is for getting there.)
To: nickcarraway
Some modern cryptography systems use large prime numbers. I read somewhere that a recent mathematic discovery could be used to "break" these systems. Maybe this is that discovery.
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posted on
04/07/2005 3:24:40 AM PDT
by
preacher
To: Lancey Howard
You will find a non straight edge and compass trisection of an angle at this site. The one attributed to Archimedes is really nice.
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posted on
04/07/2005 3:26:14 AM PDT
by
Geostorm
To: nickcarraway
Where can I get a job doing this stuff?
And how do you measure productivity?
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posted on
04/07/2005 3:27:55 AM PDT
by
ovrtaxt
(...a sheep in wolf's clothing)
To: Geostorm
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posted on
04/07/2005 3:28:10 AM PDT
by
Geostorm
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