http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2006/11/an-astronomical-cost/ The Math Factor Podcast Site Fri, 08 Aug 2014 12:52:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.25 http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2006/11/an-astronomical-cost/comment-page-1/#comment-1011 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:35:34 +0000 http://theserver.uark.edu/~strauss/?p=15#comment-1011 The summation from k = 1 to 3092 of (2k-1)^-1 is a little over 5.

]]> http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2006/11/an-astronomical-cost/comment-page-1/#comment-363 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:00:39 +0000 http://theserver.uark.edu/~strauss/?p=15#comment-363 A couple of years later, we put up a post on the harmonic series, which is closely related to this puzzle and explains how to make estimates like the one we use in this segment.

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