Paul Leyland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>> a new prize pool of $1111.11 has been
>> proposed (the radix is 10 :-)  If you think it's worth a few
>
>The radix is always 10.  I guess you mean the radix is (1+1)*(1+1+1+1+1),

That made me laugh! Good point...

>or, more concisely, (1+1+1)�(1+1) + 1.
>
>Can anyone represent that number in fewer than (1+1+1)! ones?

Yes (but difficult to write in plain ASCII):

     (1+1+1+1)
     ---------
     \
      \        i
      /
     /
     ---------
       i = 1

or: Sum(i=(1) to (1+1+1+1)) over i.

Cornelius Caesar  :-)

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