phil1882

well constructing linear points is a valid part of a compass. simply construct a circle, and mark the point you left off on, or if you can't do that, pick a point on the circle, draw a circle keeping the compass the same radius. then from one of the points of intersection, construct another circle. the two newest circles meet in the middle. and then most new and the first circle meet, you can then construct another point using a similar process for a pentagon, you can use the golden ratio, (1+sqrt(5))/2. which is easy enough to construct. with a heptagon, its impossible. see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heptagon

martin has a game in mind for gambling to confuse and confound. you start off with a circle, and you select 3 points on the circle such that the area of the triangle formed is at least half the circle. simple enough. now he poses the question. if the three points are selected randomly, what's the likelyhood of that being true?

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okay i see. i was entering it in to the calc wrong consider the two functions Tn = log((Tn-1)^1000) where T1 = 1000 and Wn = log((Wn-1)^12) where W1 = 12^12 we are interested to know, when if ever Tn exceeds Wn. by setting the inequality to each other, we have... 1000*log(Tn-1) >12^12*log(Wn-1) log(Tn-1) >12^12/1000 *log(Wn-1) so i'd say the smallest n is 3,207,362,798

12^12^12 = 10^155 aprox.

hmmm.

well

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hmm, 4 is possible not sure about 3.

based on computer sim

so here's a 1v1 game idea. since the games section doesnt seem to be too popular. there are 5 types of actions both hand block - blocks everything but upercut, does no damage cross cut- does 2 points of damage against anyhting but both hand block, grapple - prevent opponent and yourself from attacking, can only be used once. jab - a 1 point damage attack that stops an upercut. upercut - a 3 point damage attack the can cut through a two handed block. stopped by jab the first player to do 10 points of damage wins! the winning player fights the next challenger.

ah! duh, the first most obvious example and of course I miss it. go me. are there any other examples?

take 3 prime numbers such that they are the same distance apart form one another. multiply all 3, add the distance. is this number always composite?

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