On Jan 9, 7:58 pm, Oliver Seitz <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have no mathematical proof, and I'm not the one to find > > it. > > True. Google is the one to find > it:http://www.exploringbinary.com/a-pattern-in-powers-of-ten-and-their-b... > > "The pattern is easy to explain. A nonnegative power of ten is a multiple of > a power of five and a power of two: 10n = 5n * 2n. A power of five always > ends in ’5′, so it’s odd — its binary representation always end in ’1′. When > you multiply by a power of two, you shift the power of five left by n bits, > which adds n trailing 0s. So the binary representation ends with a ’1′ > followed by n 0s, which looks like the power of ten!"
Hem ;-), you forget the "^": 5n * 2n = 10n² for me and the mathematics ;-) yes this damned message editor has no exponents! also 5^0 = 1, it does not end with 5. (just my 2 cents) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jallib" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jallib?hl=en.
