tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23819746.post7844982035930883722..comments2023-06-04T16:36:10.645+08:00Comments on Musings of an Aspiring Polymath: Kill the Penguins !The Negative Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02963006548339423249noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23819746.post-77958497267022285042007-12-19T01:33:00.000+08:002007-12-19T01:33:00.000+08:00You got the same answer as me.Although, the optima...You got the same answer as me.<BR/><BR/>Although, the optimal solution is slightly better. Unfortunately, I can't figure out how to obtain the optimal solution.<BR/><BR/>You can read more about this <A HREF="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/DiskCoveringProblem.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>.The Negative Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02963006548339423249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23819746.post-41052608262446209492007-12-18T10:07:00.000+08:002007-12-18T10:07:00.000+08:00Not very sure about this one.I guess the answer sh...Not very sure about this one.<BR/><BR/>I guess the answer should be<BR/><BR/>Z = R/2*sec(pi/5) and the 5 points are lying on a regular pentagon of sides of length R*tan(pi\5) centered at the centre of the large circle.lightsaber8884https://www.blogger.com/profile/08479148906723083999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23819746.post-79873339044366526482007-12-17T19:38:00.000+08:002007-12-17T19:38:00.000+08:00Lol ! That is an interesting answer.Lol ! That is an interesting answer.The Negative Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02963006548339423249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23819746.post-359032312223161282007-12-17T13:42:00.000+08:002007-12-17T13:42:00.000+08:00Build a Chinese restaurant on the iceberg.Build a Chinese restaurant on the iceberg.Jackson Tanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02267650599398779304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23819746.post-3709007750866118932007-12-17T00:53:00.000+08:002007-12-17T00:53:00.000+08:00I'll need to find some way to remove the sharks af...I'll need to find some way to remove the sharks after that.The Negative Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02963006548339423249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23819746.post-19037229901447784382007-12-16T19:05:00.000+08:002007-12-16T19:05:00.000+08:00Bah! I decry the murder of these penguins!...In an...Bah! I decry the murder of these penguins!<BR/><BR/>...<BR/><BR/>In any case, I'm not a mathematician: I shall surround the iceberg with sharks.<BR/><BR/>QED.Jackson Tanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02267650599398779304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23819746.post-87728989876408730632007-12-14T09:37:00.000+08:002007-12-14T09:37:00.000+08:00This kinda of remind me of metric spaces and epsil...This kinda of remind me of metric spaces and epsilon-nets lol.lightsaber8884https://www.blogger.com/profile/08479148906723083999noreply@blogger.com