Hacker News Top Stories with Summaries (April 20, 2023)
Hacker News Top Stories
Here are the top stories from Hacker News with summaries for April 20, 2023 :
Only one pair of integers satisfy the equation m^n = n^m |
Summary: The article discusses a number theoretic result that only one pair of distinct positive integers satisfies the equation n^m = m^n. The author provides a beautiful analytic proof for this result and invites readers to play around with small values of n and m to see that the pair 2 and 4 satisfies the equation. The article also mentions the author's background in applied mathematics, data science, statistics, and writing.
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