WP 34S mini-challenge (B)

[Gerson W. Barbosa]

Write a WP 34S program that displays (and keeps displaying) at least the first 10 correct digits of Brun's Constant, B = 1.902160583104 (the last two digits are uncertain). The maximum number of steps is 10, plus one for each additional digit, up to 12 steps (LBL and END included).

Tip: the following approximation may be used:

B ~ Sqrt(Phi*Sqrt(5.0005)) = 1.90216058363

where

Phi = (sqrt(5) + 1)/2

I have only a 10-step solution:

001 LBL B

002 

003

004

005

006

007

008

009

010 END  

 B  -->  1.90216058363

Gerson.

Edited: 27 Dec 2012, 12:09 a.m.

[Paul Dale]

Saved one step immediately:

001: LBL B

002: 5

003: SDR 004

004: RCL+ L

005: [sqrt]

006: # [phi]

007: [times]

008: [sqrt]

009: RTN

Pauli

[Gerson W. Barbosa]

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004: RCL+ L

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D'oh, missed this obvious one!

Gerson.

[Paul Dale]

And adding a correction term takes three more steps, giving 12 digits on the display although the last is off by a bit:

001: LBL B

002: 5

003: SDR 004

004: RCL+ L

005: [sqrt]

006: # [phi]

007: [times]

008: [sqrt]

009: # 53

010: SDR 11

011: -

012: RTN

- Pauli

[Gerson W. Barbosa]

10 actual steps for 11 correct digits... this is really compact. #52 instead of #53 might be better.

Gerson.

[Paul Dale]

I didn't fiddle with the correction factor, just interested in the displayed value. Pity the correction value is >255 or an extra digit would have been available for free.

I wouldn't be surprised if a shorter sequence were still possible.

- Pauli

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[Walter B]

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If only B had made into the WP 34S :-)

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Is there anything B is good for beyond pure math?

d:-)

[Paul Dale]

What does it matter? More is always better!

- Pauli

[Walter B]

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What does it matter?

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Thanks, that suffices as response - now I know ;-)

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More is always better!

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So you prefer 8.5 over 5.8 on the Richter scale?

([:-)

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[fhub]

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Well, in 1994 it played an important role in the discovery of the famous Pentium FDIV flaw:

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That's of course a serious reason to include it in the WP34s. ;-)

Go on Pauli ... :-)

Franz

[Walter B]

Oh yes - we won't take any lower grade challenges, will we? ;-)

[Paul Dale]

Another approach, it gets thirteen digits in 12 working steps.

001: LBL B

002: # 216

003: SDR 005

004: #058

005: SDR 008

006: #031

007: SDR 10

008: 4

009: SDR 12

010: [cmplx]+

011: +

012: # 019

013: SDR 001

014: +

015: RTN

- Pauli

Edited: 27 Dec 2012, 1:02 a.m.

[Gerson W. Barbosa]

Thank you very much for you interest, Paul.

I am sorry if I may have offended someone else's intelligence by posing a "lower grade challenge". Anyway, this was meant to be a simple mini-challenge.

Gerson

[Walter B]

Oooh, Gerson, you may have got my message wrong :-? I was just referring to Franz' post and meant we won't introduce a mathematical constant for less reasons than unvealing Intel.

d:-)

[Paul Dale]

I thought the challenge was interesting and I'd still be surprised if a better/shorter solution didn't exist. At the very least it helped take my mind off of the pain of my recent tonsillectomy for a while which was a significant benefit personally.

- Pauli

[Marcus von Cube, Germany]

I hope you'll recover soon.