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Books by Jason Earls:
Underground Guitar Handbook Naked Lesbian Stalker & Other StoriesMathematical BlissI Sin Every NumberHow to Become a Guitar Player from HellRed ZenCocoon of TerrorHeartless Bastard In EcstasyZombies of the Red DescentDeath KnocksERROR_Cyberpunk();
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THE HARDEST INTEGER SEQUENCE IN THE WORLD
By Jason Earls, author of:
 Mathematical Bliss
and
Concrete Primes
 
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“Mathematics is often erroneously referred to as the science of common sense. Actually,it may transcend common sense and go beyond either imagination or intuition. It hasbecome a very strange and perhaps frightening subject from the ordinary point of view,but anyone who penetrates into it will find a veritable fairyland, a fairyland which is strange, but makes sense, if not common sense.”--E. Kasner and J. Newman, Mathematics and the Imagination
Integer sequences are frequently featured on I.Q. tests with the goal of measuring a person’sintelligence (although some sceptics claim that I.Q. tests are only good at measuring one’s abilityto take I.Q. tests.) The testee is usually asked to determine the underlying rule of a sequence andthus obtain the next term. However, this raises certain philosophical questions since when lookedat from an “open-minded” or “outside-the-box” point of view, nearly ANY term could beconsidered “correct” when judged by different criteria than the original test designer had in mindwhen making up the test -- but of course what is usually intended with testees on traditional I.Q.tests is they discern or guess the general rule the designer had in mind; and in this article I will beasking you to do that as well. So now I present to you the hardest integer sequence in the worldand a question:What is the next term?
0, 1, 25, 36, 4, 25, 16, 576, 81, 9, 100, 1156, ...
Can you see it? Do you know the next term? Can you determine the underlying rule governingthis sequence? Send me your answer: zevi_35711@yahoo.com. Notice I have provided 12 termsabove, which is usually more than enough to discern the underlying rule for any sequence.I am not going to reveal the correct answer here. I realize this may be disappoint you; and if so, Iapologize. However, I am going to explain the rule behind a different sequence which willhopefully serve as a sufficient hint in solving the first one.Here are twelve terms of our second sequence:
101, 11, 2, 3, 41, 5, 61, 7, 83, 19, 101, 11, ...
Before I give you the answer, try to figure it out on your own.Really ponder the sequence hard and perhaps even wait a few days before reading further in thisarticle to see the correct answer.
 
Did you figure it out?You really should wait and try to solve it on your own...Your brain power will increase significantly if you try to determine the rule for yourself.All right. If you are the impatient type, or simply do not feel like thinking too hard today, I cangive you the rule to the second sequence, which is:
“The first occurrence of n in the decimal representation of primes.” 
That’s all there is to it. I’ll explain further: to get the first term, find the first prime having zerosomewhere in its decimal expansion (even if it’s only a substring); and that prime is 101, sothat’s the first term of our sequence. To obtain the second term we find the first prime having a 1somewhere in its decimal representation; and that term is 11. The first prime having 2 in itsdecimal expansion is just 2; so it’s the third term, etc. Now you should return to the first sequence in this article and see if you can find the next term. Itshouldn’t be too difficult.By now you have probably figured out the general rule governing the hardest integer sequence inthe world. Congratulations. You are surely on your way to becoming a true high-I.Q. genius.Your next task is to present the sequence to your family and friends and see if they can find thenext term. Be sure to NEVER tell them the answer beforehand. Have them figure it out on their own. They will either be amazed at you inventing a puzzle that’s so supremely difficult, or theywill become extremely upset with you and perhaps blackball you from the entire family. But bestrong and stick to your guns and never reveal the rule no matter what! Only tell them if the nextterm is correct by responding ‘yes’ or ‘no’; and if they reply with an answer for the general rule,never reveal whether they are correct or not.
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Please consider ordering one of my math books below. Thank you!
MATHEMATICAL BLISS by Jason Earls A new collection of cutting-edge mathematical articles and shortstories that each feature math in some way. Squares, brilliantnumbers, Fibonaccis, revrepfigits, palindromes, triangulars,Google primes, mock-rational numbers, palindions, concreteprimes, and much more are covered; plus award-winning shortstories that contain humor, history, philosophy, art, mysticism,zen, and science fiction. This book represents approximately ten years of mathematical research.
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