Here's some linear algebra for you...

1006/1123 =
0.8958147818343722172751558325912733748886910062333036509349955476402493321460\
373998219056099732858414959928762243989314336598397150489759572573463935886019\
590382902938557435440783615316117542297417631344612644701691896705253784505788\
067675868210151380231522707034728406055209260908281389136242208370436331255565\
449688334817453250222617987533392698130008904719501335707925200356188780053428\
317008014247551202137132680320569902048085485307212822796081923419412288512911\
84327693677649154051647373107747105966162066…

CHALLENGE: Express the decimal as a repeating fraction or the sum of an infinite power series.
Will accept solutions in C++/Java/PHP/Delphi. Perl need not apply. Prize: 1 million dollars.

Also, the fact that this number happens to be an A on the grading scale has some personal significance :).

Back to the journal