mike carey Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 2 hours ago, Unicorn said: Well, going out from Mars, in one direction we have Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, and in the other direction Earth, Venus and Mercury, so maybe M? Yes, the key is recognising that the letters are the initials of the planets. The mathematical bit of it (which happens to coincide with the order of the first four in distance from the sun) is that it is in the order of their size. So the two after Venus are Mars and Mercury, and therefore the two letters are M & M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefer Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 18 hours ago, mike carey said: A maths puzzle to keep you amused. Everyone is more or less familiar with a chess board with its 8x8 pattern of alternating black and white squares. The question is, how many distinct squares can be identified on a chess board? @mike carey, was puttering in the garden today (if emptying two compost bins which over-wintered, then pruning shrubs and then chipping into the the empty compost bin can be considered puttering)... and realized your puzzle likely works in higher dimensions... e.g., consider an 8x8x8 stack of childrens alphabet blocks. The question is, how many distinct cubes can be identified in that volume... I managed to confirm cubes up through 4x4x4 before attention was distracted by robins stealing my earthworms... But fairly certain it works... I'll leave it as trivial exercise for you to prove the 4th and higher dimensions 😇 mike carey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samhexum Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 On 2/10/2021 at 5:31 AM, JoeMendoza said: Yay Math! + MysticMenace, thomas and keefer 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samhexum Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 On 2/10/2021 at 5:31 AM, JoeMendoza said: Yay Math! + sync and + MysticMenace 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samhexum Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 On 2/10/2021 at 5:31 AM, JoeMendoza said: Yay Math! On 2/10/2021 at 5:31 AM, JoeMendoza said: Fill in the missing numbers: Mathematicians Discovered Something Mind-Blowing About the Number 15 https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/math/a43670398/mathematicians-discovered-something-mind-blowing-about-the-number-15/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ sync Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 1 hour ago, samhexum said: Mathematicians Discovered Something Mind-Blowing About the Number 15 https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/math/a43670398/mathematicians-discovered-something-mind-blowing-about-the-number-15/ I have mountains of respect and admiration for mathematicians and other science-oriented individuals, but these people need an intervention. samhexum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CuriousByNature Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 8 hours ago, sync said: I have mountains of respect and admiration for mathematicians and other science-oriented individuals, but these people need an intervention. I love science but i only made it through the first five paragraphs of this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ sync Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 10 hours ago, CuriousByNature said: I love science but i only made it through the first five paragraphs of this one. You did better than I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samhexum Posted May 6, 2023 Share Posted May 6, 2023 + Oliver and + sync 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ MysticMenace Posted June 17, 2023 Author Share Posted June 17, 2023 i mean... stupid but quite a creative answer, don't ya think? lol liubit, thomas, pubic_assistance and 2 others 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ MysticMenace Posted June 22, 2023 Author Share Posted June 22, 2023 just discovered this - pretty cool! 3... 2... 1... integrate! thomas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ sync Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 1 hour ago, JoeMendoza said: just discovered this - pretty cool! 3... 2... 1... integrate! I think I might like to "integrate" with the moderator. 😛 + MysticMenace, thomas, liubit and 1 other 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike carey Posted June 25, 2023 Share Posted June 25, 2023 + MysticMenace, MikeBiDude, + Kevin Eagle and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Charlie Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 Re:Patterns My parents and grandparents all died of natural causes. My father's father died at 90, his mother at 77, and he died at 72 My mother's father died at 55, her mother at 81, and she died at 102. Given such opposite patterns, what prediction(s) would you make for me? BTW, my pronouns are he, him, his Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CuriousByNature Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 1 hour ago, Charlie said: Re:Patterns My parents and grandparents all died of natural causes. My father's father died at 90, his mother at 77, and he died at 72 My mother's father died at 55, her mother at 81, and she died at 102. Given such opposite patterns, what prediction(s) would you make for me? BTW, my pronouns are he, him, his In cases like this it is best to add your parent's ages - you should easily hit 174. pubic_assistance, + Charlie, liubit and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 2 hours ago, Charlie said: ... My father's father died at 90, his mother at 77, and he died at 72 ... It seems your father was the outlier, dying earlier than expected. So it would be important to know his cause of death, and whether that cause has a strong inherited tendency to which you're susceptible. For example, if he died of lung cancer and was a smoker, one can dismiss that death risk if you don't smoke. 72 is a long life for a smoker. This also enters into calculations as to when one should start collecting social security. For most non-smokers, one will end up with more money if one waits until one is 70, but this isn't true for smokers. My best friend's room-mate recently died of smoking and alcohol-related causes at the age of 65. It was wise for him to start receiving social security at 60. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Charlie Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 56 minutes ago, Unicorn said: It seems your father was the outlier, dying earlier than expected. So it would be important to know his cause of death, and whether that cause has a strong inherited tendency to which you're susceptible. For example, if he died of lung cancer and was a smoker, one can dismiss that death risk if you don't smoke. 72 is a long life for a smoker. This also enters into calculations as to when one should start collecting social security. For most non-smokers, one will end up with more money if one waits until one is 70, but this isn't true for smokers. My best friend's room-mate recently died of smoking and alcohol-related causes at the age of 65. It was wise for him to start receiving social security at 60. My father died of leukemia, the only person I know of from that cause in my family. I don't know how heritable it is, but I have always assumed he got it from the chemicals he worked with in his job for many years. His father died from kidney failure and his mother from tuberculosis. You are correct that my father, who was very healthy and athletic all his life, was a surprising outlier statistically in his family, dying only four months after he was diagnosed at 72. My spouse started SS at 62, because his father--a heavy smoker--died of lung cancer, and my spouse also smoked until he was in his early 40s, so he feared he might also die early. He is now been collecting SS for 26 years. pubic_assistance 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 There's a very good chance you'll pass the century mark then. Lucky genes. I recently found out that my biological father made it to 92. My mother died of a very rare, non-heritable cancer at the age of 89. If I survive to 86, my pension will continue to my husband (assuming it's my fiance, since he'll be 55 then). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luv2play Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 6 hours ago, Charlie said: Re:Patterns My parents and grandparents all died of natural causes. My father's father died at 90, his mother at 77, and he died at 72 My mother's father died at 55, her mother at 81, and she died at 102. Given such opposite patterns, what prediction(s) would you make for me? BTW, my pronouns are he, him, his If you are in your mid to late 70s I think you can count on another 10 years or so. Unless your doctor has recently told you otherwise. A caveat though. A friend of mine who is turning 80 next month was told by her doctor last fall to put her affairs in order before an operation she was to undergo to repair a heart valve. She had had it replaced two years ago and the replacement failed. She came through the operation with flying colours and is throwing a party at her golf club next month for all her nearest and dearest. Her husband succumbed to brain cancer 4 years ago. + Charlie and + sync 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Charlie Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 No one seems to be using math to make a prediction for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ sync Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 If my math determined my longevity, I wouldn't have made it to puberty. + Charlie and prof 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefer Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 46 minutes ago, Charlie said: No one seems to be using math to make a prediction for me. You pose an interesting question... and after thinking about it for a while realised any response would be a wild guess... thus resorted to trusty fallback position of googling if any longevity calculators existed (they do), and then which were the most trusted... I have longevity through both mom and dad (and their parents) - thus will be trying this myself when I make it out of rural Virginia and back to civilisation this weekend, however try this site Living To 100 Life Expectancy Calculator WWW.LIVINGTO100.COM + Charlie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 11 minutes ago, keefer said: You pose an interesting question... and after thinking about it for a while realised any response would be a wild guess... thus resorted to trusty fallback position of googling if any longevity calculators existed (they do), and then which were the most trusted... I have longevity through both mom and dad (and their parents) - thus will be trying this myself when I make it out of rural Virginia and back to civilisation this weekend, however try this site Living To 100 Life Expectancy Calculator WWW.LIVINGTO100.COM Read that website's privacy policy (or lack thereof) before submitting data to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Charlie said: No one seems to be using math to make a prediction for me. I hope you're joking (didn't see the laughing emoji, though). It's not a math problem. Obviously, many factors come into play, the most important being your own health, of course, as well as the longevity of your parents and sibs, and whether their causes of death have a strong familial component. I seem to recall you're already well into your 80s and in fairly good health, that's why I believed you have a good chance to make it to 100, given the additional data from your family history. Edited June 28, 2023 by Unicorn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefer Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 Just now, Unicorn said: I hope you're joking (didn't see the laughing emoji, though). It's not a math problem. Obviously, many factors come into play, the most important being your own health, of course, as well as the longevity of your parents and sibs, and whether their causes of death have a strong familial component. I seem to recall you're already well into your 80s and in fairly good health, that's why I believed you have a good chance to make it to 100. Concur, and given how active you are was going to also guess at mid-90s + Charlie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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