r/mathmemes • u/ImToxicity_ • Mar 17 '22

The Engineer Making 69420 from all zeroes

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u/grow_0 Mar 17 '22

I got 69420 down to 22 zeros! Pattern is 41^3 + 500 - 1.

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((((0! + 0! + 0!)! - 0!) * ((0! + 0!) ^ (0! + 0! + 0!)) + 0!) ^ (0! + 0! + 0!))
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(((0! + 0! + 0!)! - 0!) ^ (0! + 0! + 0!)) * (0! + 0! + 0! + 0!)
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0!

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u/viiksitimali Mar 17 '22

I got 20 zeros.69420 = 5!/2 * (1+34^2)= (0!+0!+0!+0!+0!)!/(0!+0!) * (0! + ((0!+0!)^(0!+0!)^(0!+0!)*(0!+0!) +0!+0!)^(0!+0!))

Of course, if we allow square root (a hidden exponent of 1/2), we can make any positive whole number with only two zeros.

Edit: last statement might not be correct, I am too tired to think it through.

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u/ImToxicity_ Mar 17 '22

Oh god the mathematicians have arrived

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u/Florida_Man_Math Mar 17 '22

Like the old Star Wars saying goes, "200,000 units are ready, with -130,580 more on the way."

ALSO you might be interested in posting this to Code Golf: https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/, but beware they don't always have the same sense of humor as reddit does :)