I think we can all agree that however maxima interpreted the flowers must be correct. So, how did maxima interpret the different flowers? On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 5:26 PM, Brent Meeker <meekerdb@verizon.net> wrote:
And how do you interpret the two superposed yellow flowers in the third equation? Is yellow flower 1 or 2 or some other number (sqrt(2) ? ).
Brent
On 6/16/2016 5:19 PM, Dan Asimov wrote:
Nice catch. I think it means the 4-petaled blue flower is worth only 80% of the 5-petaled one.
—Dan
On Jun 16, 2016, at 5:12 PM, Marc LeBrun <mlb@well.com> wrote:
Pity poor Professor Puzzler. The blue flower in the bottom row isn't the same as those above it--it has one less petal. # unknowns > # equations.
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