Physicist puzzle... - Page 3

ewmayer · 2003-06-10, 15:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by trif

Quote:

Originally Posted by garo

Care to elucidate? A cursory search on google did not reveal anything "*ahem*".

Okay, I was trying to figure out if there was a Euclid joke in there somewhere. :?

'Care to elucidate?' is an anagram for 'Care to eat, Euclid?'

Even geometers need to eat now and then, otherwise their circumference becomes dangerously low.

alienz · 2003-06-24, 04:48

f 16
e 7
n 22
y 5
m 2
a 6
n 22

ANSWER= 80

cheesehead · 2003-06-24, 05:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by alienz

y 5

Earlier, Trif listed h = 5. Are duplicate values allowed?

Trif's list has all the numbers 2-18 and 20-24 assigned to a letter, with four letters unknown. So it seems that either (a) y = 1, 19, 25, or 26, or (b) there isn't a 1-to-1 correspondence between the letters and integers 1-26.

eepiccolo · 2003-06-24, 16:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by cheesehead

Quote:

Originally Posted by alienz

y 5

Earlier, Trif listed h = 5. Are duplicate values allowed?

Well, that puzzle dosn't say they are not allowed. It all seems very strange.

graeme · 2003-09-08, 12:43

Can someone post the answer to this. (assuming anyone actually knows it!)

Graeme

Fusion_power · 2003-09-09, 05:56

Maybe I'm not seeing this right but it looks to me like the key is in the vowels.

Fusion

Fusion_power · 2003-09-09, 12:45

Analysis of the number distribution from Trif's earlier post of a proposed solution shows that the numbers are NOT random, ergo a pattern is implied. Proof? a = 6, e = 7, o = 8, i = 9, u = 10. Any random numeric representation would NOT put the vowels in any form of numeric order. Further, the values assigned to each physicist would inherently be larger (taken as a group) if the numbers were random. This is a direct result of the uneven distribution of vowels.

Fusion

2003-09-08, 12:43	#27
graeme Jul 2003 41 Posts	answer please Can someone post the answer to this. (assuming anyone actually knows it!) Graeme

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2003-06-24, 04:48	#24
alienz Jun 2003 3×7 Posts	f 16 e 7 n 22 y 5 m 2 a 6 n 22 ANSWER= 80

2003-09-09, 05:56	#28
Fusion_power Aug 2003 Snicker, AL 1677₈ Posts	Maybe I'm not seeing this right but it looks to me like the key is in the vowels. Fusion

2003-09-09, 12:45	#29
Fusion_power Aug 2003 Snicker, AL 1677₈ Posts	Analysis of the number distribution from Trif's earlier post of a proposed solution shows that the numbers are NOT random, ergo a pattern is implied. Proof? a = 6, e = 7, o = 8, i = 9, u = 10. Any random numeric representation would NOT put the vowels in any form of numeric order. Further, the values assigned to each physicist would inherently be larger (taken as a group) if the numbers were random. This is a direct result of the uneven distribution of vowels. Fusion