Re: [Q]: huge number, ciphers after decimal point?
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- Subject: [mg33710] Re: [mg33673] [Q]: huge number, ciphers after decimal point?
- From: "Fred Simons" <f.h.simons at tue.nl>
- Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 03:04:47 -0400 (EDT)
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Stefan, To find n digits before the decimal point of a number, we can proceed in the following way. We compute the number in sufficiently many digits, then take the Floor of the result (i.e. we round it downwards to an integer) and finally take the result modulo 10^n. Mod[Floor[ N[(Sqrt[2] + Sqrt[3])^2002 , 1000]], 10^2] results in 9, so the last two digits before the decimal point are 09. With a slight modification we can find the first n digits after the decimal point. Simply find the last n digits before the decimal point of 10^n times the number. Mod[Floor[ N[10^2 (Sqrt[2] + Sqrt[3])^2002 , 1000]], 10^2] results in 99, so these are the digits you are interested in. But there is something curious about this number. Mod[Floor[N[10^1000 (Sqrt[2] + Sqrt[3])^2002 , 2000]], 10^1000] results in 996 digits 9 followed by 7405. You can also play with the following command, resulting in the digits around the decimal point: Mod[ N[(Sqrt[2] + Sqrt[3])^2002, 2300], 10^6] The decimal expansion of (Sqrt[2]+Sqrt[3])^2002 contains a sequence of 997 consecutive digits 9. Do you have any idea why? Fred Simons Eindhoven University of Technology
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- [Q]: huge number, ciphers after decimal point?
- From: sw@wops.de (Stefan Wolfrum)
- [Q]: huge number, ciphers after decimal point?