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  • Re: Iffy numerical what-comes-next puzzle...

    From Phil Carmody@pc+usenet@asdf.org to rec.puzzles on Mon Jun 30 12:03:27 2025
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    David Entwistle <qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz> writes:
    On Sat, 17 May 2025 14:03:03 +0300, Phil Carmody wrote:
    What comes next in this kinda-numerical sequence:

    Hello Phil,

    Would you care to post a pointer, or a solution with the usual
    obscuration?

    It's been long enough, here's the answer:

    214358881

    That might be enough to give the rule away, but if not, here's a
    rot-13 explanation:

    Gurl ner gur aba-cnyvaqebzvp cnegf bs gur cbjref bs 11 va onfr gra.

    Phil
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  • From David Entwistle@qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz to rec.puzzles on Mon Jun 30 11:32:51 2025
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    On Mon, 30 Jun 2025 12:03:27 +0300, Phil Carmody wrote:

    It's been long enough, here's the answer:

    Ah, very good. If I had realized it was such a reasonably structured
    question, I may have tried harder. However, I doubt I would have had the insight to find the solution. I'll have a better understanding of the type
    of question you may pose, when I see future posts from you.

    Best wishes,
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  • From David Entwistle@qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz to rec.puzzles on Mon Jun 30 12:01:08 2025
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    On Sat, 17 May 2025 14:03:03 +0300, Phil Carmody wrote:

    What comes next in this kinda-numerical sequence:

    Sort of related to the original question...

    1, 2, 4, 8, 7, ?

    Ubcr V unir guvf evtug... Svir. Gurl ner gur qvtvgny ebbg (gur fhz bs gur qvtvgf) va gur frevrf bs ryrira envfrq gb gur cbjre mreb, bar, gjb rgp.
    Sbe gubfr jub yvxr fhpu guvatf, jul vf vg gur fnzr nf gur fhz bs gur
    qvtvgf va gur frevrf bs gjb envfrq gb gur cbjre mreb, bar, gjb rgp.
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  • From HenHanna@NewsGrouper@user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid to rec.puzzles on Mon Jun 30 20:25:48 2025
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    Phil Carmody <pc+usenet@asdf.org> posted:

    "Carl G." <carlgnews@microprizes.com> writes:
    On 5/17/2025 4:03 AM, Phil Carmody wrote:
    What comes next in this kinda-numerical sequence:

    ===================
    (blank)
    (blank)
    (blank)
    (blank)
    6105
    77156
    948717
    ==================

    Yes, the first four of the entries are blank.

    Are you sure that the last number shouldn't be 948617? If it is
    948617, then 2324788 may come next.


    What's the thinking here?



    Now you have me intrigued! However, the 7th term is indeed 948717.
    As an extra pointer, the subsequent terms become incredibly predictable
    very quickly at this point, until you hit the 25th term.

    Phil



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