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Martin R
Martin R
04:49
PSQ with two answers: math.stackexchange.com/q/4918675/42969 – one final delete vote needed.
 
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Feeds
Feeds
08:37
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Q: Is there a connection between the hailstone sequence (Collatz conjecture) and the binary search algorithm for irrational numbers?

html5468Using the √2 = 1.41421356237... as a target, the connection I see is that you can approximate √2 first by taking the distance between 1 and 2 to get 1.5 or 1 1/2, then, since that is greater than √2, divide the distance between 1 and 1.5 in two to get 1.25 or 1 1/4, and then, since that is less t...

number-theory irrational-numbers collatz-conjecture
 
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Arctic Char
Arctic Char
10:38
D1, D2
 
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Bill Dubuque
Bill Dubuque
20:12
Dv poor answer got {pity?} upvote

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