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submitted 21 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) by BB84@mander.xyz to c/mathmemes@lemmy.blahaj.zone
 

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€“] TammyTobacco@sh.itjust.works 33 points 20 hours ago

The solution is easy. Blocks Community

[โ€“] very_well_lost@lemmy.world 11 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours 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 11 points 17 hours 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 5 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours 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)

[โ€“] ICastFist@programming.dev 10 points 20 hours ago

The positive values are calories, fructose and citric acid

[โ€“] DropThePot@lemy.lol 5 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

7, 14, 79 comes pretty close. 35, 132, 627 are even closer.

[โ€“] BB84@mander.xyz 10 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Have you tried 36875131794129999827197811565225474825492979968971970996283137471637224634055579, 154476802108746166441951315019919837485664325669565431700026634898253202035277999, 4373612677928697257861252602371390152816537558161613618621437993378423467772036 ?

[โ€“] oftheair@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 19 hours ago