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For puzzles about forming numbers using other numbers and mathematical operations. Use with [mathematics]. Puzzles using this tag should carefully specify the allowed operations.
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Find the smallest positive integer that cannot be made from four 8s, or show it doesn't exist
Bear with me for any poor formatting.
I think I have a way to generate any number using equations of this form:
Equations of this form can be written as:
And then for large a (not even very larg …
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