Re: magic integer converter number 62? - Joking???
Re: magic integer converter number 62? - Joking???
- Subject: Re: magic integer converter number 62? - Joking???
- From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 22:27:25 -0800
On 2/21/01 10:15 PM, I wrote:
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So it seems to have to do with powers of 2 plus factors of 0.3 subtracting
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the factor of 0.3. Nothing to do with x a such.
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((n * 2^5) + (n * 0.3)) - (n * 0.3)
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--> Can't make (n * 2^5).0 into an integer
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That's not quite right:
(2^n * 2^4) + (n * 0.3)) - (n * 0.3) -- n an integer > 0
--> Can't make (2^n * 2^4).0 into an integer
Even stranger. it has to be an exponent of 2:
i.e.
(2^(n + 4) + (n * 0.3)) - (n * 0.3) -- n an integer > 0
--> Can't make (2^(n + 4)).0 into an integer
With 32 * 3, it works fine:
(96.9 - 0.9) as integer
-- 96
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Paul Berkowitz