Comment on How Anime Fans Stumbled upon a Mathematical Proof
RedWeasel@lemmy.world 2 days ago
It says in the article that i can’t be done on a computer. Probably more likely that no one has gone to the trouble of implementing said function. The hard part is how do you verify it if no one has done n=6 or 7 to compare against. The min for n=5 was 152 and max is 154 with it being 153. Not really large enough to verify against.
Mercuri@ani.social 2 days ago
No, the function is exponential so it would very quickly reach the bounds of modern computing limitations. The best analogy I can think of is folding a sheet of paper. With each fold the thickness doubles and it quickly becomes impossible to fold more than about 7 times.
RedWeasel@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I can understand that. If we had values up to 7 or 8 identified exactly it may be possible to develop an equation for beyond, though. The smaller units are just too little for that though.