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BT.. Eat Your Heart Out

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If the last four digits of my phone number are placed in front of the remaining three you get one more than twice my number! What is it?

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Solving with Euclid's Algorithm

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A java applet that takes you through the steps needed to solve a Diophantine equation of the form Px+Qy=1 using Euclid's algorithm.

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Euclid's Algorithm II

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We continue the discussion given in Euclid's Algorithm I, and here we shall discover when an equation of the form ax+by=c has no solutions, and when it has infinitely many solutions.

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Euclid's Algorithm and Musical Intervals

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Use Euclid's algorithm to get a rational approximation to the number of major thirds in an octave.

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Approximations, Euclid's Algorithm & Continued Fractions

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This article sets some puzzles and describes how Euclid's algorithm and continued fractions are related.


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