Don Blazys Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Quoting Phillip 1882:should reach donk's number by tomorrow morningRight on! Quoting Phillip 1882:my computer auto restarted a couple of timesThis is probably a silly question, but... does that mean it shuts itself off when it's "tired" and turns itself on when it's "rested" ? Why does it do that and can it effect the accuracy of the calculations? Don. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillip1882 Posted February 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 ladies and gentlemen we have ignition. i have now surpassed donk's number. This is probably a silly question, but...does that mean it shuts itself off when it's "tired"and turns itself on when it's "rested" ? Why does it do that and can it effect the accuracy of the calculations? Don.no, I'm running a windows system and it installs updates even tough i have auto update turned off. I'm recording my calculations, so as long as i re enter them correctly, this shouldn't affect the result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Blazys Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Yeah... ignition... lift-off !! This is Major Don to ground control... I can see the below... THANK YOU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillip1882 Posted February 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 captain's log day 41our team has recorded a new anomaly, the number of figurates up to1,200,000,000,000; it turns out there are precisely 768,434,854,386 of them!what strange new wonders will this uncover on the horizon? what will be the final frontier? don, something doesn't seem right here, either my calculation is wrong or yours is. I'm hoping its yours it would take an additional 4 days to calculate mine over again. if you would like me to mail you my calculations from roughly 1,160,000,000,000 onward i can do that, ans we can see how you line up with my calcs. modest and Turtle 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Blazys Posted February 26, 2011 Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Blazys Posted February 26, 2011 Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 Just checked it... and......it looks good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!My function predicted it to within 1000.That's really good!I'll give you a more detailed report and update the "FSC tracking post" in an hour or so. If possible, please post the results from 1,100,000,000,000 to 1,200,000,000,000. in increments of 10,000,000,000. We can then analize the fluctuations in greater detail! Don. modest 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Blazys Posted February 26, 2011 Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 Post #6 (The FSC "tracking post") has been updated accordingly. Don. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Blazys Posted February 26, 2011 Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 Quoting Phillip 1882:Don, something doesn't seem right here, either my calculation is wrong or yours is.I'm really curious...but only a little worried... what makes you think that either calculation is wrong?The prediction on Post #6 was extraordinarily accurate! Don. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillip1882 Posted February 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 right but my calculation is off by your prediction by over 500, when the previous calculation was off by only 10that's a significant deference for "only" 100,000,000,000 more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Blazys Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 right but my calculation is off by your prediction by over 500, when the previous calculation was off by only 10that's a significant deference for "only" 100,000,000,000 more.Post #15 in: http://scienceforums.com/topic/22537-a-truly-worthwhile-challenge/ gives pretty reasonable upper and lower bounds, so as long as your calculations continue to fall in between those bounds, we are in good shape. For instance, the functions in post #15 of the "Worthwhile Challenge" tread show thatthe upper and lower bounds for [math]\varpi(1,200,000,000,000)[/math] are:[math]768,434,855,570[/math] and [math]768,434,852,874[/math] respectively,and your calculation:[math]\varpi(1,200,000,000,000)=768,434,854,386[/math]falls right in between. Considering that we are now dealing with values of [math]x[/math]that are well into the trillions, that's pretty darn good (if not astonishing!). My guess is that by the time you calculate [math]\varpi(2,000,000,000,000)[/math](in about a month from now), there will probably be a couple of instanceswhere [math]B(x)*\left(\frac{\alpha}{\mu-2*e}\right)[/math] gives an overestimate,and so far, the overestimates have all been a lot closer than the underesitmates!I have never been so jazzed in my life!:note: :note2: We are definitely on the right track, so full speed ahead! :steering: :eplane: How long before we have [math]\varpi(1,300,000,000,000)[/math] ? Don. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillip1882 Posted February 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 i estimate another 3 days :unsure: but hey progress is progress :P modest 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Blazys Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillip1882 Posted March 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 ladies and gentlemen boys and girls of all ages i present to you the main event.after 46 days of calculation, the number of figurates up to1,300,000,000,000 is :drumroll: 832,471,110,338! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Blazys Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 Got it! Off to Anna Lize. :) Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Blazys Posted March 4, 2011 Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 Anna Lize is pretty amazed! After yet another hundred billion, we are off by only -512. Can you mail me (or post) the results from:1,200,000,000,000 to 1,300,000,000,000 in increments of 20,000,000,000without in any way jeapordizing your wonderful computer as it is working on determining [math]\varpi(1,400,000,000,000)[/math]? I will update post #6 in this thread tonight. Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Blazys Posted March 9, 2011 Report Share Posted March 9, 2011 Anticipation... anticipation... :surprise: :QuestionM :secret: :computer: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillip1882 Posted March 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2011 should have the next result by tomorrow morning :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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