 | 0.30103 |
| 0.30103 |
It's every little boy's dream to one day have a mathematical constant named after him. I
decided that if this dream was to become a reality, I would have to come up with a
constant, and simply name it after myself. It's not in any math journals or text books
yet, so here's a sneak preview:
Youd's Constant (
) is the ratio between the powers of two, and the powers of ten. Check
out a few sample problems that can be solved using :) / 2 = (10^38.53184) / 2 =
5*10^37.53184 tries.
) =
Ceiling(12 / 8) = Ceiling(4.982892071) = 5 bytes.
(Youd's Constant) is better than pi:
| 10) | It's useful for solving problems from the "new math" books of the 60's. |
| 9) | It has a higher Kolmogorov complexity than pi. |
| 8) | Four out of five dentists prefer to pi. |
| 7) | Unlike pi, it remains constant when viewed from any relativistic frame of reference. |
| 6) | It lends itself to those with decidactyl inclinations. |
| 5) | It doesn't have any cumbersome geometric implications. |
| 4) | 0 <= <= 1 |
| 3) | 30103 is the zip code for Adairsville, Georgia. |
| 2) | has a cool non-standard font symbol (not even in unicode!). |
| 1) | And the number one reason Youd's Constant is better than pi is that sorority members don't wear iron-on 's on their sweaters. |
Jeremy Hill (jerhill@llnl.gov) was good enough to make available 2200 digits of Youd's Constant! Here is Youd's Constant, log10(2), expressed as a nasty continuing fraction:
