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Challenge: Number Theory
Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2010 6:27 pm
by honze
Hi there!
I looked closer at the number and got ... lets say 14 numbers.
It is obvious that there is a certain order of these numbers...
I ran a lot of tests, but nothing gave me a clue. Maybe someone could give me a little hint.
Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 10:21 am
by portal
you are probably in the right track... but missing something about these numbers...
sorry, not very good in giving hints...
Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 2:53 am
by wodash1
hi..
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 10:49 pm
by stabat
is the answer a number? a word?
this nice number drives me crazy :p
Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2010 4:17 pm
by rmplpmpl
it's a word...
Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 9:33 am
by HugStuart
I just solved it. This is one of these challenges that seems to be so easy after solving it
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 12:04 pm
by laz0r
Any help on extracting the numbers?
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 12:13 pm
by HugStuart
The name says it all
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 12:29 pm
by laz0r
Hmm, I managed to find the numbers, but now what? I've sorted them out correctly and tried a lot of logical things with them, but still unable to get anything meaningful out of it. Thanks
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 12:41 pm
by HugStuart
You are really close...
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 1:37 pm
by laz0r
Done =]
Thanks all
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 8:43 pm
by moose
You got 14 numbers? You're confusing me. I got 7 and most of them are quite big. The smallest one is 3. Am I on the right track?
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 3:21 pm
by satfreak666
moose wrote:You got 14 numbers? You're confusing me. I got 7 and most of them are quite big. The smallest one is 3. Am I on the right track?
Guess not ... als least you got the wrong numbers ...
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 4:22 pm
by moose
I've got 104 ... I guess *** isn't the right way
edit ... oops ... just guessed you might talk about distinct numbers ... now I've also got 14
edit2: I don't get it. I tried modulo 26, but it didn't help. How are we supposed to convert them into a meaningful english word?
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 10:37 am
by laz0r
moose wrote:I've got 104 ... I guess *** isn't the right way
edit ... oops ... just guessed you might talk about distinct numbers ... now I've also got 14
edit2: I don't get it. I tried modulo 26, but it didn't help. How are we supposed to convert them into a meaningful english word?
Why those 14 numbers?
1. Determine what they all have in common
2. Understand why those 14 were picked and not any others that might share similar properties
3. Look closely and it might just strike you
It's actually a fairly simple challenge once you know how
