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The Ultimate Number Sequence Puzzle

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Alright, so number sequence puzzles have been falling off a little bit. Puzzlers have been at a loss at how to combat this for some time, and I wanted to try to give it some thought. Right away, I thought of sequences related to pi and what-not. In trying to come up with something, however, everything was too obvious or too hard. Later, I tried e (Euler's constant), but with the same results. For all my efforts, I couldn't come up with anything. On the whole, I was stumped. Once more, I tried to come up with something brilliant and clever, and this time I succeeded! Laws of nature sure make great puzzles (I dare not say more). So, enjoy this spectacular number puzzle!

234, 98123, 53491, 1239, 0984132, 2, -932, 542701, 90231, 45, 87610, 43619082, 3149, ???

What is the pattern?

steganography

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edited Apr 1 at 2:26

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asked Apr 1 at 1:51

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  Happy April Fool's Day, everyone! Just thought I'd spread a little silliness.
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10

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Alright, so number sequence puzzles have been falling off a little bit. Puzzlers have been at a loss at how to combat this for some time, and I wanted to try to give it some thought. Right away, I thought of sequences related to pi and what-not. In trying to come up with something, however, everything was too obvious or too hard. Later, I tried e (Euler's constant), but with the same results. For all my efforts, I couldn't come up with anything. On the whole, I was stumped. Once more, I tried to come up with something brilliant and clever, and this time I succeeded! Laws of nature sure make great puzzles (I dare not say more). So, enjoy this spectacular number puzzle!

234, 98123, 53491, 1239, 0984132, 2, -932, 542701, 90231, 45, 87610, 43619082, 3149, ???

What is the pattern?

steganography

share|improve this question

edited Apr 1 at 2:26

Brandon_J

asked Apr 1 at 1:51

Brandon_JBrandon_J

3,739245

$endgroup$

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  $begingroup$
  Happy April Fool's Day, everyone! Just thought I'd spread a little silliness.
  $endgroup$
  – Brandon_J
  Apr 1 at 2:29
  
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

$begingroup$

Alright, so number sequence puzzles have been falling off a little bit. Puzzlers have been at a loss at how to combat this for some time, and I wanted to try to give it some thought. Right away, I thought of sequences related to pi and what-not. In trying to come up with something, however, everything was too obvious or too hard. Later, I tried e (Euler's constant), but with the same results. For all my efforts, I couldn't come up with anything. On the whole, I was stumped. Once more, I tried to come up with something brilliant and clever, and this time I succeeded! Laws of nature sure make great puzzles (I dare not say more). So, enjoy this spectacular number puzzle!

234, 98123, 53491, 1239, 0984132, 2, -932, 542701, 90231, 45, 87610, 43619082, 3149, ???

What is the pattern?

steganography

share|improve this question

edited Apr 1 at 2:26

Brandon_J

asked Apr 1 at 1:51

Brandon_JBrandon_J

3,739245

$endgroup$

share|improve this question

edited Apr 1 at 2:26

Brandon_J

asked Apr 1 at 1:51

Brandon_JBrandon_J

3,739245

share|improve this question

edited Apr 1 at 2:26

Brandon_J

asked Apr 1 at 1:51

Brandon_JBrandon_J

3,739245

asked Apr 1 at 1:51

Brandon_JBrandon_J

3,739245

asked Apr 1 at 1:51

Brandon_JBrandon_J

3,739245

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Well, at least part of the pattern is

that the first letters of the sentences spell APRIL FOOLS.

But

those sentences look a bit more constrained than they need to be just for that, so it's possible that I've missed something else. (The numbers, though, look a lot like the result of a keyboard-mash -- lots of short increasing and decreasing sequences, e.g. -- and I bet there's nothing useful in them regardless.)

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answered Apr 1 at 2:23

Gareth McCaughan♦Gareth McCaughan

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  Yep, this one is super-simple. Just a little goofiness to match the unicorns today :) Will retag my question to reflect its true nature.
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  I wondered whether I should refrain from solving it out loud...
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  Ah, fine as is. Probably would have accumulated some close votes from annoyed mathematicians if you hadn't. Also, I only spent about 2 mins on the puzzle itself, so it's not like you're messing up well-laid plans or anything.
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  Pro tip: If you're looking to fool people with random fake numbers, you might want to avoid certain things such as unnecessary leading 0's, and sequences of adjacent digits which just scream "button mashing"...
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Well, at least part of the pattern is

that the first letters of the sentences spell APRIL FOOLS.

But

those sentences look a bit more constrained than they need to be just for that, so it's possible that I've missed something else. (The numbers, though, look a lot like the result of a keyboard-mash -- lots of short increasing and decreasing sequences, e.g. -- and I bet there's nothing useful in them regardless.)

share|improve this answer

answered Apr 1 at 2:23

Gareth McCaughan♦Gareth McCaughan

67.6k3170262

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  Yep, this one is super-simple. Just a little goofiness to match the unicorns today :) Will retag my question to reflect its true nature.
  $endgroup$
  – Brandon_J
  Apr 1 at 2:25
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  $begingroup$
  I wondered whether I should refrain from solving it out loud...
  $endgroup$
  – Gareth McCaughan♦
  Apr 1 at 2:33
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  $begingroup$
  Ah, fine as is. Probably would have accumulated some close votes from annoyed mathematicians if you hadn't. Also, I only spent about 2 mins on the puzzle itself, so it's not like you're messing up well-laid plans or anything.
  $endgroup$
  – Brandon_J
  Apr 1 at 2:37
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  $begingroup$
  Pro tip: If you're looking to fool people with random fake numbers, you might want to avoid certain things such as unnecessary leading 0's, and sequences of adjacent digits which just scream "button mashing"...
  $endgroup$
  – Darrel Hoffman
  Apr 1 at 12:47
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
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  Indeed. But I don't think Brandon was trying very hard to fool people :-).
  $endgroup$
  – Gareth McCaughan♦
  Apr 1 at 14:19
  

  
  
  
  

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show 1 more comment

9

$begingroup$

Well, at least part of the pattern is

that the first letters of the sentences spell APRIL FOOLS.

But

those sentences look a bit more constrained than they need to be just for that, so it's possible that I've missed something else. (The numbers, though, look a lot like the result of a keyboard-mash -- lots of short increasing and decreasing sequences, e.g. -- and I bet there's nothing useful in them regardless.)

share|improve this answer

answered Apr 1 at 2:23

Gareth McCaughan♦Gareth McCaughan

67.6k3170262

$endgroup$

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  $begingroup$
  Yep, this one is super-simple. Just a little goofiness to match the unicorns today :) Will retag my question to reflect its true nature.
  $endgroup$
  – Brandon_J
  Apr 1 at 2:25
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  $begingroup$
  I wondered whether I should refrain from solving it out loud...
  $endgroup$
  – Gareth McCaughan♦
  Apr 1 at 2:33
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  $begingroup$
  Ah, fine as is. Probably would have accumulated some close votes from annoyed mathematicians if you hadn't. Also, I only spent about 2 mins on the puzzle itself, so it's not like you're messing up well-laid plans or anything.
  $endgroup$
  – Brandon_J
  Apr 1 at 2:37
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  $begingroup$
  Pro tip: If you're looking to fool people with random fake numbers, you might want to avoid certain things such as unnecessary leading 0's, and sequences of adjacent digits which just scream "button mashing"...
  $endgroup$
  – Darrel Hoffman
  Apr 1 at 12:47
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  $begingroup$
  Indeed. But I don't think Brandon was trying very hard to fool people :-).
  $endgroup$
  – Gareth McCaughan♦
  Apr 1 at 14:19
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 1 more comment

$begingroup$

Well, at least part of the pattern is

that the first letters of the sentences spell APRIL FOOLS.

But

those sentences look a bit more constrained than they need to be just for that, so it's possible that I've missed something else. (The numbers, though, look a lot like the result of a keyboard-mash -- lots of short increasing and decreasing sequences, e.g. -- and I bet there's nothing useful in them regardless.)

share|improve this answer

answered Apr 1 at 2:23

Gareth McCaughan♦Gareth McCaughan

67.6k3170262

$endgroup$

share|improve this answer

answered Apr 1 at 2:23

Gareth McCaughan♦Gareth McCaughan

67.6k3170262

answered Apr 1 at 2:23

Gareth McCaughan♦Gareth McCaughan

67.6k3170262

answered Apr 1 at 2:23

Gareth McCaughan♦Gareth McCaughan

67.6k3170262