Maths Question

Props to the first person to get this…

What is special (to hackers) about the following number…

(sqrt(11021)+85)/146

Discuss.

Will the result be enough for us to comprehend what you mean or do we need to calculate something with/using the result?

As soon as you see it you'll know what you're seeing, NO coding if thats what you mean

Reread what you said… Alas no, just working out a decimal representation of that probably wont be enough :)

1.3012393880339979612099618383735 …. k?

It's a riddle.

Get this:

(sqrt(11 021) + 85) / 146 = 1.30123939 1+3+0+1+2+3+9+3+9 = 31

31 / 31337 (hackers number constant) = 0.000989245939

0.000989245939 to binary >> 0011000000101110001100000011000000110000001110010011100000111001001100100011010000110101001110010011001100111001

Now I switch the zero's and one's and decode back: ÏÑÏÏÏÆÇÆÍËÊÆÌÆ�

I decode that to hex: cf d1 cf cf cf c6 c7 c6 cd cb ca c6 cc c6 26 23 36 35 35 33 33 3b

I now use rot13 to get a new hex encryption: ps q1 ps ps ps p6 p7 p6 pq po pn p6 pp p6 26 23 36 35 35 33 33 3o

Decoding that gives me this in dec/char: 22 118 102 38 35 54 53 53 51 51 3

Now watch: 22+118+102+38+35+54+53+53+51+51+3=580

That's exactly the amount of (Regular) Coke cans I bought in my entire life.

Damn, knew you'd get it :P Want to take another flying leap?

ah…. ofcourse, mozzer is a genius, knowing that detail of your life. GG guys

Again no.

okay mate, hows about a small hint?

Think fractions :)

00000001 00110001 00101110 00110011 00110000 00110001 00110010 00110011 00111001 00110011 00111000 00111000 00110000 00110011 00110011 00111001 00111001 00110111 00111001 00110110 00110001 00110010 00110000 00111001 00111001 00110110 00110001 00111000 00110011 00111000 00110011 00110111 00110011 00110101 ———–+ 03631772

3631772 = US PATENT NUMBER for something weird. Claimed by Bell labs though.

http://www.snake.ne.jp/~yama/nph-docomo.cgi/010000A/http/patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=35&f=G&l=50&d=pall&s1=396%2F563.CCLS.&OS=CCL/396/563&RS=CCL/396/563

Only maths, nothing else is needed

mozzer wrote: Only maths, nothing else is needed

That's what SHE said.

Actually, thats what I said

okay, is this something we might be able to figure out, or is this something truly random?

i have it! mozzers iq?

only_samurai wrote: okay, is this something we might be able to figure out, or is this something truly random?

1.30 = the amount of minutes I've been looking at the number without understanding why :D

Its not something completely random, its quite a common mathematical method. Those of you who have ever looked at the wikipedia page for computing roots will probably recognize this

erm why would anyone know or care?

Check out continued fractions and work out the continued fraction for the number I gave you, you should find the property cool

1337

The Flash wrote: 1337

It's the math man. Everyone can guess that number.