Re:Making any integer with four 2s (2025)
by jibalt on Sunday November 08, 2026 @10:11PM
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The obvious counterargument is that the problem statement is
> Given exactly four instances of the digit 2 and some target natural number, use any mathematical operations to generate the target number with these 2s, using no other digits.
and the square root symbol is a mathematical operation and is not a digit. That it is equivalent to taking the 2nd root isn't relevant ... the whole puzzle is about finding and using equivalents.
> Given exactly four instances of the digit 2 and some target natural number, use any mathematical operations to generate the target number with these 2s, using no other digits.
and the square root symbol is a mathematical operation and is not a digit. That it is equivalent to taking the 2nd root isn't relevant ... the whole puzzle is about finding and using equivalents.