Ugh, I have two college essays that need writing this weekend, so I'm going to force myself to put this down... feel free to take it from where I left off...
First, HHSJosh was right when he said all those numbers have to do with e. An introduction:
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Humorous Use of e
In the IPO filing for Google, Inc., in 2004, rather than a typical round-number amount of money, the company announced its intention to raise $2,718,281,828, which is, of course, e billion dollars to the nearest integer
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Euler's Number [wikipedia.org]
Each of those 10 digit numbers is a piece of e.
E to 10,000 place [wikipedia.org]
f(1) is the 10 digits of e begining at the 1st decimal place value of e (e = 2.
7182818284590...):
f(1) -> place value 1
f(2) -> place value 5
f(3) -> place value 23
f(4) -> place value 101
This looks like a series of prime numbers, but I'm stuck at figuring out the pattern behind this series.
List of Prime Numbers [wikipedia.org]
Prime numbers are an interesting area of study in mathematics, as I understand it, so I wouldn't be suprised if this holds the answer to the puzzle. Figure out the next prime number in the series 1, 5, 23, 101..., then lookup e and take the 10-digits starting at that number, and I think that'll be your answer.
Of course, technically, 1 is not a prime number, so this may not be the pattern. Perhaps the pattern is the 10-digit numbers are taken from e by digit count from the begining, it which case the pattern would be:
f(1) -> place value 2
f(2) -> place value 6
f(3) -> place value 24
f(4) -> place value 102
in which case you need to figure out the next number in the sequence 2, 6, 24, 102....
but my gut instinct tells me its in the primes sequence.
Anyways, thats seems like about half of this puzzle... if anyone figures the rest out, let me know.
ahaha... I feel like Jodie Foster in Contact...