> 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 :-)
But that's cheating! You're allowed only 1 as a numeric quantity, possibly
modified with any of +-*/! and sqrt.
Paul
(Brian: forget that spurious solution I gave you. It doesn't work in
general, as I now realise.)
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