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Point to 2012 (Posted on 2012-04-04)

Determine the minimum value of a positive integer N such that the four digits immediately following the decimal point in the base ten expansion of √N is 2012.

*** For an extra challenge, solve this puzzle without using a computer program.

No Solution Yet Submitted by K Sengupta

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Subject	Author	Date
Explaining the arithmetic sequence.	Jer	2012-04-05 13:35:48
re(3): computer solution	Ady TZIDON	2012-04-05 02:18:45
re(2): computer solution	Charlie	2012-04-04 14:49:42
re: computer solution	Ady TZIDON	2012-04-04 14:00:44
Non computer solution (pretty much)	Jer	2012-04-04 13:38:30
computer solution	Charlie	2012-04-04 12:37:44
spoiler	Ady TZIDON	2012-04-04 11:29:28

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