[Jprogramming] 61 statements

[Randy MacDonald]

Hello R.E.;

My thought was that iS X ==> iS X + k * !61  NB. where 'iS x' means 'x 
is a solution.'



R.E. Boss wrote:
> If X is a solution than almost all multiples of X are also a solution.
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> R.E. Boss
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>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>> Van: programming-bounces at jsoftware.com [mailto:programming-
>> bounces at jsoftware.com] Namens Arie Groeneveld
>> Verzonden: donderdag 13 december 2007 20:20
>> Aan: Programming forum
>> Onderwerp: Re: [Jprogramming] 61 statements
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>> Randy MacDonald schreef:
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>>> Hello Arie;
>>>
>>> Offhand, I'd say there were an infinite number of solutions; the
>>> puzzle is to find the smallest positive one..
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>> Yes you're right, but I got very interested in the special
>> properties of the two consecutive divisors. So I drifted away
>> from solving puzzle, in which I succeeded BTW, but with a very
>> long sentence :-[
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>> At this moment my computer is running a laborious test in
>> finding these divisors for n = 4 .. 8293. So I could confirm
>> (or reject) my conjecture for at least these few n's. :-)
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>> Question:
>> I'm not quite sure what you mean by
>> 'an infinite number of solutions'
>> On what conditions exactly?
>> For every n (or interval of n's) there exists a certain X?
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>> Regards
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>> =@@i
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