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The recent counterexample to Fermat's Last Theorem was pretty interesting, too. 434437^15 + 588129^15 = 588544^15 https://www.google.com/search?q=588129%5E15+
by sillysaurus3 10y ago
The recent counterexample to Fermat's Last Theorem was pretty interesting, too.
434437^15 + 588129^15 = 588544^15
https://www.google.com/search?q=588129%5E15+%2B+434437%5E15+%2B+-588544%5E15 https://www.google.com/search?q=588129%5E15+%2B+434437%5E15+...
- teddyh 10y agoNo? 434437¹⁵ + 588129¹⁵ = 352114612798389918432959038931874707477944791745072116429171623348641601872653349744942 588544¹⁵ = 352114612798389919037509191076162751408804961099244071160111294752887772695040228327424 It’s apparently close enough to fool Google, but it’s not correct.
- andrewstuart2 10y ago~10^-18 difference as a fraction of the latter power [0], but still a substantially huge number (on the order of 10^68) [1]. [0] https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=588129%5E15+%2B+434437%5E15+%2B+-588544%5E15 https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=588129%5E15+%2B+434437... [1] https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=(+588129%5E15+%2B+434437%5E15+%2B+-588544%5E15+)+%2F+588544%5E15 https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=(+588129%5E15+%2B+4344...
- deleted 10y ago[deleted]
- btilly 10y agoObviously a floating point error. But that's a fun demonstration of a bug in Google's calculator.
- Natsu 10y agoWasn't that the (fake) one shown on Futurama? Or am I confused?