Re: More magic: Exp(Pi*Sqrt(n))

2002-08-09 Thread Marcus Hutter
arcus/kolmo.htm - Original Message - From: Saibal Mitra To: FoR Cc: everything Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 5:56 PM Subject: More magic: Exp(Pi*Sqrt(n)) Exp(Pi*Sqrt(n)) PageThis table lists values of Exp(Pi*Sqrt(n)), for some selected values of n up to 1000

Re: More magic: Exp(Pi*Sqrt(n))

2002-08-09 Thread Saibal Mitra
Hal Finney wrote: ``Unfortunately it does not seem likely that an explanation suitable for a college senior is available, > unless he is willing to educate himself for several months on higher mathematics.ยดยด I suspect that Roy Williams Clickery included this condition so that he always has an e

Re: More magic: Exp(Pi*Sqrt(n))

2002-08-09 Thread Hal Finney
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=exp+pi+sqrt+integer has some pages with explanations involving the Jacobi function J, elliptic curves and other mathematical esoterica. Unfortunately it does not seem likely that an explanation suitable for a college senior is available, unless h

More magic: Exp(Pi*Sqrt(n))

2002-08-09 Thread Saibal Mitra
Exp(Pi*Sqrt(n)) PageThis table lists values of Exp(Pi*Sqrt(n)), for some selected values of n up to 1000. Some of these values are very close to integers. A prize will be awarded to anyone who can either convincingly argue that this is coincidence, or who can explain why this is so in terms