Re: Mathematical link between two or more numbers
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- Subject: [mg59198] Re: [mg59185] Mathematical link between two or more numbers
- From: Curtis Osterhoudt <gardyloo at mail.wsu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 00:42:22 -0400 (EDT)
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Hi, Greg, I'm aware of some research which has been done in this subject (Hofstadter's "Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies" -- published in 1995 -- gives some fascinating background), but I don't know about any specific software packages out in the wild. However, there are some great resources on the net; one of the best (at least for integer sequences) may be found here: http://www.research.att.com/~njas/sequences/ . This database is comprehensive enough that if you have a sequence of, say, small real numbers, you may be able to find a common multiplier to get them all to integers, or close to integers, and then have the database find THAT generating function, then transform back into the non-integer numbers. A friend an I have been challenging each other with number puzzles of the form "whence did these numbers come?" and the online encyclopedia has been extremely helpful for us. Hope this helps, Curtis O. Greg wrote: >Hello everyone, > >By any chance, is there any software capable of finding possible >mathematical links between two or more numbers? > >I am looking for something that would output something like this: > >"Both these numbers are multiples of 7." or > >"These numbers are probably generated by a function of the form..." > >Thank you for your time. > >Greg Federico > >P.S. For a direct reply, please remove CUT from my email address. > > > > -- PGP Key ID: 0x235FDED1 Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
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- Mathematical link between two or more numbers