What struck as a mental disorder exactly an year ago has now become a way of life. The 'algebraic bowel syndrome', which has a probability of affecting 1 in every 7 billion, is an obsessive compulsive disorder that strikes every morning, and only once, when the pants are down and the bottom is staring down the you-know-what.
What are the symptoms of the disorder? There is only one, actually: the gate just won't open until a particular algebraic equation is solved. Sort of a daily math puzzle. The details:
1/ Consider each day as dd/mm/yy
2/ Now derive a f(dd,mm)=yy such that
a/ Each of dd and mm should be used for equal number of times in the equation
b/ The allowed operators are- +,-,*,/,!
3/ The aim is to solve this using dd and mm the least number of times
Example? Easy one this - 13/09/11
(13+13+9+9)/(13-9)=44/4=11
Aah. Relief.
With mm=yy, November '11 has been quite challenging and frustrating.
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Nov should have been the easiest no?
eg: 13/11/11 - (13-13)*13 + (11/11)*11
Same for any day of the month.
an afterthought..come to think of it, Alzheimer's will prob not hit you for a long long time!! :-D
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