The 27, 37 example is the smallest pair that isn't just a trivial repeat of 1/9=.1111... or 1/3 = .3333... But yes, you're right. I didn't want to give away too much of the answer of David Wilson's exercise to the reader. . . but, spoilers and many examples at [1] - Robert [1] http://mrob.com/pub/math/numbers-12.html#lb999 On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 00:44, Tom Duff <td@pixar.com> wrote:
Robert Munafo <mrob27@gmail.com> writes:
Hey that's cool, and they're much like my favorite such pair, 1/27=0.037037037... and 1/37=0.027027027... I'll add them to my numbers pages!
I suspect these are pretty thick on the ground. For example we have 1/303 = 0.0033 0033 0033 ... and 1/33 = 0.0303 0303 0303 ...
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