Rules similar to last time. This time, we will have: 1) No program longer than 100 bytes. 2) Your number must be finite and your code must terminate. 3) Your code will be run as is, no additional inputs may be given. 4) Physical restrictions do not apply, such as memory or running time. 5) No outsourcing e.g. no calling outside libraries. 6) Your code must be deterministic. If your code is run repeatedly on multiple computers, it should output the same result each time.
Anyone can join! Matlab and Mathematical are acceptable languages, and its easy to learn the basics of most languages in a few days!
@SimplyBeautifulArt Coding/programming is fun/entertaining....Believe me I know that, and it's probably good for you simply to be having fun for a few weeks...But you ultimately belong in math (and perhaps coding on the side). But then again, you know yourself and your intellectual passions better than I!
@amWhy Well, I thought it'd be fun, and since the last one, @user21820 complained that he couldn't easily prove his own code terminated... so I thought setting tighter restraints would be fun for him.
Sometimes you'll get fed up of doing maths. It's good to take a break and let the motivation rekindle.
I like to think of motivation as the best quality sleep we can get. Sure, we can fuel ourselves with other "junk" energy but nothing gives you that surge of energy like a good night's rest.
I almost always take up Ernie’s offers to crew on his boat, when he suggests an overnight expedition. But when he phoned last Thursday I had to remind him that it was TV night, and Acme Satellite Studios were airing the final episode of our favorite Nordic Noir series. But when he assured me that...
I am trying to not forget my old math. I finished my PhD in real algebraic geometry a few years ago and then switched to the industry for financial reasons. Now I get the feeling that I want to do a postdoc and I face the dilemma that I actually have forgotten a lot of my algebraic geometry class...
I'm beginning to feel like the "Wicked Witch of The West (or, uh, umm.... The wicked Warlock....being gender neutral!): see this post in need of closure, if one is so inclined to do so, coughs err, @SimplyBeautifulArt, err, or coughs @shredalert
@shredalert If it were clear to me this was a new, or very newish user, I cut a lot of slack. But the user who asked the question I linked to, has been here for nearly 18 months!
@Zophikel Nahhhh... Apparent "prodigies" all too often burn and die; great wine is made so through aging.... Reminds me of a song...."there is a time..."
I mean, I don't think being a prodigy would ever have 'cut it', except that it elevates a person to a status where they can start acquiring useful resources and make something of themselves. But if you don't do the second step, then you're just going to fizzle.