Actually it sucks that this didn't get accepted, because it would contribute to discrediting the entire field of psychiatry, and the idea of being different from the "statistically normal person" being a disease that needs "curing".
Maybe... but this song I think was a meme at some point http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fCiBSMhnMc and it came into existence as a song from a commercial.
Take two integers between two and twelve. Quintuple both and then use the Ackermann function on each. Raise them both to the i'th power and add a constant c in case you've accidentally taken an integral somewhere. (To be on the safe side)
Then give both numbers weapons and make them fight a random prime no less than 7 and no greater than 139969.
Meh. Its neat but not terribly amazing. The operation of arranging four digits into ascending or descending order essentially maps every possible ordering of four given digits to the same number. There are only ten different digits that could possibly appear, and by subtracting the ascending order from the descending order you're just subtracting the smallest from the largest, second smallest from second largest, second largest from second smallest, and largest from smallest for the first, second, third, and fourth digits respectively. There are only so many ways that you can subtract one digit from another, especially when you're restricted to non-repeated digits. There are many mathematical operations where repeating the same operation eventually settles on some particular number. A different mathematical technique that is similar but much more useful is "Newton's method" which can be used to get an approximation for any formula and only gets more accurate the more you repeat it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fCiBSMhnMc
and it came into existence as a song from a commercial.
I also think Peter Griffin might share the moon's grievance in this case- since apparently he too has a rather strong gravitational field. :D
Then give both numbers weapons and make them fight a random prime no less than 7 and no greater than 139969.
That'd be pretty cool! :)
The operation of arranging four digits into ascending or descending order essentially maps every possible ordering of four given digits to the same number.
There are only ten different digits that could possibly appear, and by subtracting the ascending order from the descending order you're just subtracting the smallest from the largest, second smallest from second largest, second largest from second smallest, and largest from smallest for the first, second, third, and fourth digits respectively.
There are only so many ways that you can subtract one digit from another, especially when you're restricted to non-repeated digits.
There are many mathematical operations where repeating the same operation eventually settles on some particular number.
A different mathematical technique that is similar but much more useful is "Newton's method" which can be used to get an approximation for any formula and only gets more accurate the more you repeat it.