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six and thirteen (Posted on 2018-03-15) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Part one:

Compose number 6 with each digit using the digit only three times (Ex: 6=2+2+2) Allowed basic operations (+,-,*,/), sqrt and factorial (no others).

Part two:

Get number 13 using only number 2 three times. Allowed basic and not-basic operations.

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I've seen part two before.  The trick is to use a combination of base-2 logs and square-roots.  In fact you can represent any integer in the same fashion.

If n is the desired integer, n = - log_2(log_2(...(2)) where the number of sqrt operations is n.

So 13 = - log_2(log_2(2)) =
- log_2(log_2(2^(2^-13))) = - log_2(2^-13) = 13


  Posted by xdog on 2018-03-15 12:33:54
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