There's a magnetic experiment I'd like to try, but the guy with the equipment isn't interested.?ÿ He build a "quarter crusher" (youtube demo and expla...

A magnetic locator should theoretically detect a difference in magnetic field near the rebar because of one or both of two effects.?ÿ The bar could h...

The show must go on!?ÿ

That or a similar article headline was in one of my news feeds a few days ago and I did not click on it.?ÿ Missed my chance to be on top of things.

The answer is close to Excel's limit before it starts losing least digits, before you even think about squaring.

I'm still kicking myself for passing up one of those in a secondhand shop for $15 many years ago. Note that they are also polarity sensitive for use ...

Haven't you exceeded the precision of Excel with the squares when y > 10 million or so? Or did you program a way to keep integer arithmetic going? ...

19* 39^2 + 1 = 28900 and sqrt(28900) = 170

My old, old GA-52 got so I had to hold it a certain way for it to work.?ÿ On opening it I found the battery holder plastic had cracked and a contact m...

I've always wished I had saved the Tumbleweeds comic strip from decades ago (and can't find on line) where someone is trying to find their way and is ...

So your approach may lead to a solution of the original problem, but won't guarantee it is the solution with smallest y ?