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2599585 No.2599585 [Reply] [Original]

hey there /sci/
so earlier today my goddamn math teacher said he was the smartest shit alive, so he challenged us to find something he couldn't solve, so I ask you, from the bottom of my heart, give me the most difficuly fucking equation you can ever imagine. many thanks.

>> No.2599586

please ignore my terrible spelling, but you know what i mean

>> No.2599589

Just give him something unsolvable. Like the halting problem, and tell him to STFU.

>> No.2599596

>>2599589
it is going to be socially retarded if OP hands in something out of OP's league

>> No.2599600

Collatz conjecture: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collatz_conjecture

Take any natural number n. If n is even, divide it by 2 to get n / 2, if n is odd multiply it by 3 and add 1 to obtain 3n + 1. Repeat the process (which has been called "Half Or Triple Plus One", or HOTPO[4]) indefinitely. The conjecture is that no matter what number you start with, you will always eventually reach 1. The property has also been called oneness.[5]

>> No.2599607

Tell him to prove the axiom of choice exists.

>> No.2599613

calculating Pi out to the last decimal place seems like a good start.

>> No.2599616

INB4 goldbachs conjecture

(i bet it is in the thread... but i'll gamble)

>> No.2599622

Tell him to prove p=np or p=/=np if he can do it take his result and cash it for 1 million dollars

>> No.2599624

Give him the drake equation. Demand he provide reasonable variable but don't tell him what the equation is.
Laugh when he evaluates it as <1.

>> No.2599636

>>2599585
Try to google some non-linear partial differential equation systems.
Not unsolvable, but that shit is pretty hardcore.

>> No.2599666

PANTS