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Shortest Long Number (Posted on 2004-04-15) Difficulty: 3 of 5
What is the smallest positive integer that cannot be defined in less than twenty-five syllables?

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re(2): Tentative solution REVISED (Paradoxes) | Comment 14 of 49 |
(In reply to re: Tentative solution REVISED by Ady TZIDON)

A paradox shopuld not consist of an unsophistocated oxymeron?? If I know what an oxymeron was perhaps I could answer you better ;)

But you haven't grasped the full paradox yet. Start from the idea that every set of positive integers must contain a least member. What do you conclude from this in the context of the puzzle?


  Posted by Sam on 2004-04-15 17:50:13
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