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The Sheldon Conjecture
- adenadel 7y agoHere's the proof of the Sheldon Conjecture https://math.dartmouth.edu/~carlp/sheldon022119.pdf https://math.dartmouth.edu/~carlp/sheldon022119.pdf
- kyberias 7y agoFrom the proof: "The episode of The Big Bang Theory that contained the discussion about 73, was actually the 73rd of the series!"
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- AnimalMuppet 7y agoThere are two conjectures here. The first is that 73 is the only number that matches these criteria. The second (as stated by Sheldon) is that meeting the criteria make a number "the best number". The second conjecture... let's just call that "unproven".
- adrianmonk 7y agoI would call that second one a definition, not a conjecture. "Best" is an arbitrary value judgment. You can't prove what is or isn't best because it is not an objective question. But yes, it is an open question.
- decafbad 7y agoI lost it at Sheldon-Norris primes.
- sytelus 7y agoMy pet peeve with 73 being "best" number is that a lot of these properties relies on representing this number in decimal (or binary in case of Sheldon-Norris number). I'd like properties that were independent of base selected to represent the number.
- artsyca 7y agoThat's fair enough, but binary is the lowest base anyone can use...
- ErotemeObelus 7y agoDoes anybody else think that Sheldon sounds like a psychopath?