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Mathematician Muse (Posted on 2014-08-25)

In the alphametic: (EIGHT)₈ = (NINE)₉ + 6
EIGHT and NINE are respectively positive integers in base 8 and base 9 notation.

Find the name of a famous mathematician from each of the following expressions:

(i) 3 2 1 % # % ? 0 ^ ?
(ii) 1 ^ # % @ ^ ?

Submitted by K Sengupta

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Solution: (Hide)

(10523)_{base 8}= 6061_{base 9}+ 6
(i) Theodosius.
(ii) Eudoxus.

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	Subject	Author	Date
	solution	Ady TZIDON	2014-08-26 02:11:46

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