Squaring a circle, again

Geometry Level 5

There is a unit circle with its center point at ( 0 , 0 ) (0,0) . There is a set of 4 linear functions in the form: m n x , m n x , n m x , n m x \dfrac{m}{n} x , -\dfrac{m}{n} x , \dfrac{n}{m} x , -\dfrac{n}{m} x which intersect the circle at 8 points. There is a square that intersects the unit circle at the same 8 points with sides parallel to X and Y axis.
If s s is semi-perimeter of the square then s × 1 0 9 = π × 1 0 9 \lfloor { s \times 10^9 } \rfloor = \lfloor {\pi \times 10^9 } \rfloor .

Find the set of smallest positive integer numbers m < n m < n such that they meet the described criteria. Find all the prime factors of numbers m m and n n . For each factor p i p_{i} , find s i s_{i} which is number of primes equal to or less then p i p_{i} . Give answer as a product of all s i s_{i} .

Details and Assumptions:

If some prime number appears more than once as a factor use it only once in the solution, i.e. if m m has prime factors: 2 2 , 3 , 5 2^2, 3, 5 and n n has prime factors: 2 3 , 5 2 , 7 2^3, 5^2, 7 , use only numbers 2 , 3 , 5 , 7 2, 3, 5, 7 in calculating the final answer which in this case would be 1 × 2 × 3 × 4 = 24 1\times 2\times 3 \times 4 = 24 . The problem is original.


The answer is 74816.

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1 solution

Maria Kozlowska
May 11, 2015

The values 2 × 1423 , 2243 2 \times 1423 , 2243 will produce such a square. The result is 224 × 334 = 74816 224 \times 334 = 74816 .

I think it is quite interesting result; all digits are 1 4 1 - 4 . If someone has some explanation for these numbers please post.

Seems like more of a computer science problem, unless you have some nice way of getting those values?

D G - 6 years ago

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Many of the problems belong to more than one category. Very minimal knowledge of computing allows to get these values.

Maria Kozlowska - 6 years ago

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