If they wrote how long that has been live and if anyone submit the correct answer, then I would try. But not worth my time, for all i know they already chose their friend.
$10K for solving a math equation
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Re: $10K for solving a math equation
#12Back of a piece of paper calculation and a hand calculator: beta = 131376/19147 gamma = - 485151/95735 phi = 271932/95735 mu = 617333/95735 omega = anything, it's zero everywhere (?)
I don't think you can solve for 5 variables with only 4 equations. Your answer would have to be a relation of variables to each other (beta = n gamma) instead of a number.
He did not solve for 5 variables, he solved 4 and the last one can be anything.
It doesn't have to be in that relation. Example, 2 variable, 1 equation. x + y - y = 0.
Here x must be 0.
Re: $10K for solving a math equation
#13Back of a piece of paper calculation and a hand calculator: beta = 131376/19147 gamma = - 485151/95735 phi = 271932/95735 mu = 617333/95735 omega = anything, it's zero everywhere (?)
That leads to my guess: UnnecessaryComplexity.com
That puzzle does not inspire me with the notion that this new company is psychologically oriented toward making clean understanding out of complicated data.
Re: $10K for solving a math equation
#14Mu = 231, Phi = 158, Delta = 553, Beta = 68, Omega=0
All right. Except Omega is not = 0. Omega can be anything...
Re: $10K for solving a math equation
#15Is there an online OCR that can parse that? I suppose then one could feed it to Wolfram Alpha? I tried Google Docs, but it didn't convert anything at all.
4(9μ + 16φ + 6Ω - 200) + 3Ω - 1 + 2(2Δ - μ) + 9(9β - 5Δ - 3Ω ) = 0
10(4β - 4Δ + 3Ω ) - Δ + μ + β - 3 - 8Ω + 11(5μ - 2Ω + 4φ) = 0
9(2Ω - 4Δ + 6φ) - 15Ω - 3(Ω + 1 - Δ) + 5(7μ + 5β - 13) = 0
10(2Ω - 600 + 5φ + 6β) + 3(β - μ) + φ + μ - 4(6Δ - 8μ + 5Ω ) = 0
Re: $10K for solving a math equation
#16Re: $10K for solving a math equation
#17Back of a piece of paper calculation and a hand calculator: beta = 131376/19147 gamma = - 485151/95735 phi = 271932/95735 mu = 617333/95735 omega = anything, it's zero everywhere (?)
I found different answer:
beta = -134369656/464781 = -289.10316041318384
gamma or delta = 25151792561/19056021 = 1319.8869040394109
phi = 155732362/154927 = 1005.1983321177071
mu = 180458411/464781 = 388.2654648103085
I don't have courage to verify the solution for this abomination of numbers.
Re: $10K for solving a math equation
#18Mu = 231, Phi = 158, Delta = 553, Beta = 68, Omega=0
Well, none of the 24 combinations of those seems to give a valid IP address. Probably they screwed up. Of course a standard IP address wouldn't have values above 255 anyhow.
Re: $10K for solving a math equation
#19Mu = 231, Phi = 158, Delta = 553, Beta = 68, Omega=0
Well, none of the 24 combinations of those seems to give a valid IP address. Probably they screwed up. Of course a standard IP address wouldn't have values above 255 anyhow.
I like the thought, but what makes you think the numbers HAVE to be an IP?
Re: $10K for solving a math equation
#20Is there an online OCR that can parse that? I suppose then one could feed it to Wolfram Alpha? I tried Google Docs, but it didn't convert anything at all.
Reduce it enough, and Wolfram Alpha generates a visual representation of a plane. But this is also a puzzle - I think the key isn't getting an equation out of it, it is figuring out where they want us to apply said equation.