Paul Leyland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>
>> 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.
>
How about
[sqrt([sqrt(sqrt((1+1+1)!!))]!)],
where the square brackets [x] denotes, as usual, the integer part of x.
--
Tony
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