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I found the formulation of the theorem difficult to digest, but the wikipedia version was much clearer: For every ε > 0, are there only finitely many triples o
by cecilpl 14y ago
I found the formulation of the theorem difficult to digest, but the wikipedia version was much clearer:
For every ε > 0, are there only finitely many triples of coprime positive integers
a + b = c
such that
c > d (1+ε),
where d denotes the product of the distinct prime factors of abc?
- csense 14y agoHow do you get epsilon to appear in comments? The only docs I could find on formatting are http://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc http://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc and it has no clues.
- lutusp 14y ago> How do you get epsilon to appear in comments? Unicode, of course: ε When I need a Unicode character, I find it with my Unicode search page: http://arachnoid.com/unicode http://arachnoid.com/unicode Then I copy the character into the document I'm working on. Others have more efficient ways to enter Unicode from their keyboards, like having a list of codes and a keyboard layout that allows the codes to be entered efficiently.
- mmcnickle 14y agoThose familiar with LaTeX may find the following tool useful: http://www.unicodeit.net/ http://www.unicodeit.net/ It takes LaTeX symbols as input and outputs the unicode for them. There is a mac app available too, which will convert it in-place for you too.
- csense 14y agoThe solutions to a⋅x² + b⋅x + c are given by x = (-b ± √(b² - 4⋅a⋅c)) / (2⋅a) φ ∩ (ψ ∪ ρ) ↔ (φ ∩ ψ) ∪ (φ ∩ ρ) Thanks! I can't even begin to describe how useful this will be! If I could upvote this more than once, I would!
- ColinWright 14y agoLink to a clear statement of the question, expressed as a game: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4505264 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4505264 This is a technique John Horton Conway uses a lot, expressing conjectures as games, where two (or more) people try to do something in turns to make, or not make, something happen. Useful idea.