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Are you in the 95%? (mander.xyz)
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SpoilerMore like 99.9995%

https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c2532359h2760821_the_emoji_problem__part_i

solution:

๐ŸŽ = 36875131794129999827197811565225474825492979968971970996283137471637224634055579
๐ŸŒ = 154476802108746166441951315019919837485664325669565431700026634898253202035277999
๐Ÿ = 4373612677928697257861252602371390152816537558161613618621437993378423467772036

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[โ€“] very_well_lost@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Is this one of those problems that looks trivially easy to solve but has actually been an open problem in math for centuries and drives all who attempt it to inevitable madness?

Getting a real "Collatz" vibe from this

[โ€“] BB84@mander.xyz 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There is a solution. It's just 80 digits long. I added it to the OP in the spoiler.

[โ€“] very_well_lost@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Rad! Are there solutions for all numbers, I wonder? Or just 4?

ETA: I found at least one solution that works for 2. (1, 1, 3)