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Re: Contacting LEGO Australia
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Fri, 8 Mar 2002 02:44:22 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Ross Crawford writes:
> In lugnet.loc.au, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > In lugnet.loc.au, Ross Crawford writes:
> > > In lugnet.loc.au, Larry Pieniazek writes:
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> > > > well, not EXACTLY, no, but I did hear of a draw that had these winning • numbers:
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> > > > 3 9 14 15 26 53
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> > > > So there you go (the 9 is out of place but other than that it's
> > > > pi to 10 digits)
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> > Whoops!
> > c /pi to 10 digits/the first 10 digits of pi/
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> > > Close, but actually pi to 10 digits is 3.141592654!!
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> > "Correct", since the next digit after 2653 is >4 so the 53 rounds up to 54...
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> > But ACTUALLY INcorrect since " 3.141592654!! " is actually an invalid
> > arithmetic expression. You cannot take factorials of non whole numbers.
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> Bzzzt. The factorial (and double factorial, !!) can be extended to real &
> complex arguments, as discussed here:
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> http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Factorial.html
> http://mathworld.wolfram.com/DoubleFactorial.html
Sorry, no. The two articles you cite clearly show that the Gamma function is
an EXTENSION of factorial to reals and complex numbers... NOT that factorial
itself works with reals.
You're holding a busted flush.
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| (...) 54... (...) Double factorial equation (8) clearly states "Similarly, the double factorial can be extended to complex arguments as: [eqn image that I can't be bothered linking to]", similarly Factorial eqn (7). Which by my book means these (...) (23 years ago, 8-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Bzzzt. The factorial (and double factorial, !!) can be extended to real & complex arguments, as discussed here: (URL)See your nit(1) and raise you one. (2) (...) I'll be seeing that hand, please!!! [1] ROSCO [1] No, I don't know of a triple (...) (23 years ago, 8-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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