It pays to read to the end: in reverse order. Starting from the 1st occurrence of the digit sequence, 53961271991.
It also pays to read the source. It's static HTML.
Is it maybe a kind of combo lock with http://www.isotf.org/?page_value= ?
Please enter the first 1727 digits of e
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#12It changes each time you visit it. I just got Please enter the first 2577 digits of (1/2)!.
Me too. I'm not even sure what that means. Are you supposed to apply the gamma function?
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#14I think I will need a botnet to fill that form...Anyone renting?
Re: Please enter the first 1727 digits of e
#15It changes each time you visit it. I just got Please enter the first 2577 digits of (1/2)!.
Me too. I'm not even sure what that means. Are you supposed to apply the gamma function?
I still don't understand the point of the page, but you're right that (1/2)! can be expressed in terms of the gamma function: (1/2)! = Γ(3/2) = √π/2. As usual, Wolfram Alpha knows all:
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#16Re: Please enter the first 1727 digits of e
#17I calculated the first 10 million digits of E:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/59605/ten_million_e.txt
However, the digit sequence I was looking for didn't appear :-(
Looks like it would require a massive amount of computing power (or a much better algorithm than mine) to solve this.
Re: Please enter the first 1727 digits of e
#18I calculated the first 10 million digits of E: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/59605/ten_million_e.txt However, the digit sequence I was looking for didn't appear :-( Looks like it would require a massive amount of computing power (or a much better algorithm than mine) to solve this.
I'm curious as to how were you able to calculate the value of 'e' to such a large extent, can you share the code ?