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@jamesthebard@social.linux.pizza
2026-02-05 18:30:20

Yay, got nerd sniped with another math problem. I made it a smidge more difficult than it should've been, but I'm happy that I got the correct answer eventually.
The problem: Given `1 / tan(x) = tan(1 / x)`, solve for `x`.
#math #nerdsnipe

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@jamesthebard@social.linux.pizza
2026-02-23 21:35:56

Nerd sniped myself this time: after getting sniped yesterday with showing that for primes `p >= 5` that `24 | p^2 - 1`, I decided to look at primes `p, q` where `p, q >= 5` and see if `24 | p^2 - q^2`.
#math #nerdsnipe

Given primes p and q where both p and q are greater-than-or-equal-to 5, prove that 24 divides p squared - q squared.