1. The first sentence in Project Euler Problem 33 is very hard to understand. I am almost positive that it is incorrect.
2. As I was registering for this forum, I noticed that I had to input my Authorization Key. The field was misspelled, having an 's' instead of a 'z'.
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- elendiastarman
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1. I have no issue with the first sentence of Problem 033 (View Problem) and I'll bet that most other people don't either. Can you clarify what makes it hard for you to understand?
2. This site is hosted in the UK, and as such it uses British English. Hence, the spelling of certain words will be different from the American flavor of English...
2. This site is hosted in the UK, and as such it uses British English. Hence, the spelling of certain words will be different from the American flavor of English...
Want some
3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510
58209749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679...?

3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510
58209749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679...?

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TripleM
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Actually, 1) is entirely true; the sentence is wrong gramatically. Should be an 'and' before 'is obtained', or something similar.
- jaap
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Re: 2 Suggestions for Moderators
No it isn't. The "which is correct" is a supplementary relative clause, which means that it has commas at the start and end and can be removed entirely while still leaving a sensible grammatical sentence:TripleM wrote:Actually, 1) is entirely true; the sentence is wrong gramatically. Should be an 'and' before 'is obtained', or something similar.
[...] an inexperienced mathematician [...] may incorrectly believe that 49/98 = 4/8 [...] is obtained by cancelling the 9s.
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TripleM
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Whoops. So it is.
Erm, to make up for that mistake of mine, how about I point out the typo of 'senario' in Problem 327 (View Problem), then we'll be even
Erm, to make up for that mistake of mine, how about I point out the typo of 'senario' in Problem 327 (View Problem), then we'll be even
- jaap
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Re: 2 Suggestions for Moderators
You mean Problem 328 (View Problem)TripleM wrote:Whoops. So it is.
Erm, to make up for that mistake of mine, how about I point out the typo of 'senario' in Problem 327 (View Problem), then we'll be even
- rayfil
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This scenario has been fixed. Thanks for pointing out that typo. 
When you assume something, you risk being wrong half the time.
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TripleM
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Sigh. I concedejaap wrote:You mean Problem 328 (View Problem)TripleM wrote:Whoops. So it is.
Erm, to make up for that mistake of mine, how about I point out the typo of 'senario' in Problem 327 (View Problem), then we'll be even
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Susanne
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Apropos typo:
Should 'sequence' in Problem 65 (View Problem) be 'sequences'
Should 'sequence' in Problem 65 (View Problem) be 'sequences'
It turns out that the sequence of partial values of continued fractions for square roots provide the best rational approximations.

