Wheat And Chessboard Problem
Wheat And Chessboard Problem
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Still working my way through season one of the show. Feels like maybe a lot happens. I'm not fussy about spoilers, it's just kind of funny
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Still working my way through season one of the show.
You're in for one hell of a treat.
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If you've never heard of this problem before: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheat_and_chessboard_problem
The number of grains of wheat on the first half of the chessboard is 1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + ... + 2,147,483,648, for a total of 4,294,967,295 (232 − 1) grains, or about 279 tonnes of wheat
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These are fantastic! Always happy to see a new one while scrolling.