Recent content by sanabas

Can't parse that. i is an algebraic number. 37 +53i is an algebraic number. sqrt 7 - (sqrt 3)i is an algebraic number. What? Yes, if you take the square root of an integer, you get another integer or an irrational number. Easy enough to see why it's impossible to have a rational...

Nah, the dismissive post will arrive once you've read a couple more hours, and start speculating about the magic properties. ;) And just to be clear, the square root of any integer (in fact, the square, cube, 4th, 5th, etc root of any rational number) is an algebraic number. Just that the...

This is wrong. There are lots (where lots = an infinite number) of irrational numbers that are algebraic numbers. The square roots of every positive integer that isn't a perfect square are irrational algebraic numbers. Same for the cube root. The golden ratio is an irrational, algebraic number...

Not factor theorem. Just basic finding the common factor. i.e. x^2y + xy^2, common factor is xy, so you get xy(x+y). Or 8x^2 + 6x, common factor is 2x, so 2x(4x+3). These questions are the next step from that, because the common factor isn't just xy or 2x, but is in the form (a+b), which makes...

Joined. don't like these cartoon helmet avatars. Gotta find a pic of my own goalie helmet. Know it's around here somewere...

Nothing to do with HoF, that's the in-game score. Which, off the top of my head, if you finish before 1% of the total turns, your final in-game score will be multiplied by 100. So on marathon, that means if you win on turn 14 or earlier with 241 pints, your final score is 24100.

I'll join to make 12 if I can get a joining link in time. Can't join from the league page in the OP.

No, he's not referring to actual astronomical knowledge, he's referring to things like Chichen Itza having 9 steps, therefore the Mayans knew there were 9 planets. Of course, if it had 8 steps, that'd be proof the Mayans knew there were 8 planets, and knew that Pluto wasn't really a planet. If...

When Pluto is at this magical point of yours, Saturn might be at its closest approach to that point. It might also be halfway around the solar system. Which gives you that range. Only takes basic trig. No. It should be easy enough to work out why it would be 7.3 and not 8.4 And, as I...

That said, it's actually trivial to prove that there are two points on Saturn's orbit where the equator/rings are pointing to a point on Pluto's orbit. No guarantee that they'll be at that point at the same time though. And it's equally trivial to prove the same thing for any other pair of...

I did give you a range. But once again: Pluto at its 'highest' point is ~6.3 AU above the sun's equator. (Or 8 AU above the earth's ecliptic The furthest Saturn goes below the sun's equator is ~1 AU. Or below the earth's ecliptic is ~0.4 AU Those two points certainly aren't both at their...

There's a checkbox when setting up the game, and it's only you that will be limited to one city.

This is true. Your maths was wrong. Which is as meaningful as us both being in square c7 on our respective local street map. Because as soon as you change the arbitrary 0 point, we no longer share a grid reference, and the planets you're looking at no longer 'share' ascending nodes...

Can dew point out that the cumulusive effect of all these replies is cirrusly unstratusfying?

As you just found out, the answer to this question is yes.