Can you use the digits 0,0,0 and 1 each only once in a mathematical expression for the number 5 using only common mathematical symbols with at least 1 mathematical symbol between each number?
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Let's go with
$(1!+0!+0!)!-0!=5$
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4$\begingroup$ Good answer, but I think you can use just (1) instead of 1 factorial (1!) $\endgroup$ Commented May 28, 2017 at 10:35
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$\begingroup$ Parallelism or whatever the word it is. $\endgroup$– blehCommented May 28, 2017 at 19:56
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$\begingroup$ @SherlockHolmes Wouldn't look as pretty, though $\endgroup$– RobCommented May 29, 2017 at 5:30
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1$\begingroup$ @AimanAl-Eryani No, it is parrallelism $\endgroup$– Wen1nowCommented May 29, 2017 at 11:02
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First off, latest edit - just for fun, how to get 5 from just 0 and 1:
$$\left\lceil\sqrt{\left\lceil\sqrt{\frac{0!}{.1}}\right\rceil!}\right\rceil$$
Before rule change posted:
$$\frac{10}{0! + 0!}$$
With the changed rules:
$$\frac{\frac{0!}{.1}}{0! + 0!}$$
And while we're at it, here's $0$ to $28$:
$$0 \cdot 0 \cdot 0 \cdot 1 = 0$$
$$0 \cdot 0 \cdot 0 + 1 = 1$$
$$0 \cdot 0 + 0! + 1 = 2$$
$$0 + 0! + 0! + 1 = 3$$
$$0! + 0! + 0! + 1 = 4$$
$$\frac{\frac{0!}{.1}}{0! + 0!} = 5$$
$$1\cdot(0! + 0! + 0!)! = 6$$
$$1 + (0! + 0! + 0!)! = 7$$
$$\frac{0!}{.1} - 0! - 0! = 8$$
$$\frac{0!}{.1} - 0! \cdot 0! = 9$$
$$\frac{0! \cdot 0! \cdot 0!}{.1} = 10$$
$$\frac{0!}{.1} + 0! \cdot 0! = 11$$
$$\frac{0!}{.1} + 0! + 0! = 12$$
$$\left\lfloor\frac{\sqrt{0! + 0!}}{.1}\right\rfloor - 0! =13$$
$$\left\lfloor\frac{\sqrt{0! + 0!}}{.1}\right\rfloor \cdot 0! =14$$
$$\left\lfloor\frac{\sqrt{0! + 0!}}{.1}\right\rfloor + 0! =15$$
$$\left\lceil\sqrt{\frac{0!}{.1}}\right\rceil ^ {0! + 0!} = 16$$
$$\left\lfloor\frac{\sqrt{0! + 0! +0!}}{.1}\right\rfloor = 17$$
$$\left\lceil\frac{\sqrt{0! + 0! +0!}}{.1}\right\rceil = 18$$
$$\frac{0! + 0!}{.1} - 0! = 19$$
$$\frac{0! + 0!}{.1} \cdot 0! = 20$$
$$\frac{0! + 0!}{.1} + 0! = 21$$
$$\left\lceil\sqrt{\frac{0!}{.1}}\right\rceil! - 0! - 0! = 22$$
$$\left\lceil\sqrt{\frac{0!}{.1}}\right\rceil! - 0! \cdot 0! = 23$$
$$(1 + 0! + 0! + 0!)! = 24$$
$$\left\lceil\sqrt{\frac{0!}{.1}}\right\rceil! + 0! \cdot 0! = 25$$
$$\left\lceil\sqrt{(((0! + 0! + 0!)!)!}\right\rceil - 0! = 26$$
$$\left\lceil\sqrt{(((0! + 0! + 0!)!)!}\right\rceil \cdot 0! = 27$$
$$\left\lceil\sqrt{(((0! + 0! + 0!)!)!}\right\rceil + 0! = 28$$
And here's how to get 5 from just 0, 0 and 1:
$$\left\lceil\sqrt{\frac{0!}{.1}}\right\rceil + 0!$$
And how to get 5 from just 0, 0 and 0:
$$\left\lfloor\sqrt{\sqrt{((0! + 0! + 0!)!)!}}\right\rfloor$$
answered May 28, 2017 at 9:56
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$\begingroup$ Sorry, I realised I should have changed my edit earlier. Your answer works for my original question, but can you do the new one? $\endgroup$– Y. ZhangCommented May 28, 2017 at 9:59
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$\begingroup$ This program just prints a hardcoded equation! Why using a program? just write it by hand. A nice program would output the equation given the desired output and the allowed terms and operators. $\endgroup$ Commented May 30, 2017 at 8:59
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$\begingroup$ @SembeiNorimaki fixed it for you :) $\endgroup$ Commented May 30, 2017 at 13:15
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$\begingroup$ make sure you are taking the factorials one by one, otherwise you could imply the double factorial. :) $\endgroup$– QuintecCommented Jun 2, 2017 at 23:51
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$\begingroup$ @thecoder16 thanks - edited accordingly :) $\endgroup$ Commented Jun 2, 2017 at 23:55
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A simple variation with factorials:
$$(0!+0!+0!)!-1 = 5$$
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1$\begingroup$ While this is, arguably, aesthetically prettier, it is only a trivial variation on the accepted answer. $\endgroup$ Commented May 29, 2017 at 17:48
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33$\begingroup$ While it is, arguably, only a trivial variation on the accepted answer, it is aesthetically prettier. $\endgroup$ Commented May 29, 2017 at 19:44
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Just for fun
${\Big\lceil} \sqrt{(0! + 0! + 0! + 1!)!} \> \Big\rceil$
or
${\Huge\lfloor} \sqrt{\sqrt{\sqrt{\sqrt{\sqrt{((0!+0!+0!+1!)!)!}}}}}{\Huge\rfloor}$
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As a derivative
$ \frac {d}{dx}[((0!+0!+0!)!)-1]x $
If the question was changed to require NO mathematical symbols, then using Base 5, we could write
0010 = (0*5^3 + 0*5^2 +1*5^1 +0*5^0)
In fact we could write any positive integer n using base n as 0010!
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3$\begingroup$ Well representing n as 10 (base n) is kinda trivially cheating... works for any positive integer n... but you still have to construct the '5' from somewhere. $\endgroup$– smciCommented May 30, 2017 at 7:25
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$\begingroup$ @smci I don't see how my comment about base 5 is "cheating," since it doesn't even answer the question (which specified there must be mathematical symbols between each digit). I highlighted this with a capital "NO" in my post. If anything its off topic. However, the fact that it works for any n certainly does not make it cheating. Now, if you want to argue that converting 0010 to base to requires a 5 to multiply the 1, I agree. However as a representation of 5 in base 5 I see no problem. $\endgroup$ Commented Jun 2, 2017 at 23:32
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$\begingroup$ @smci Unless you want to argue that denoting it as base 5 requires a 5, in which case I reply that all answers must denote base 10, and thus are incorrect since they use too many 1s and 0s..... $\endgroup$ Commented Jun 2, 2017 at 23:35
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$\begingroup$ Evan, ok I see the second part is an offtopic sidenote; you might make it say so more clearly. I wasn't attacking you, sir. Just noting that modification makes all these digit-arithmetic-manipulation genre questions utterly moot... As to whether we can understand '10' to be implicit in our (human-biased) decimal representation, yes. There has to be some default. I suppose we can argue that base-2 would be most universal species-independent choice, also allows for most efficient encoding (if our muscles allow us to have arbitrary adjacent fingers up and down...) $\endgroup$– smciCommented Jun 4, 2017 at 20:43