[PRL] n^8

[Mitchell Wand]

>>>>> On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 10:03:24 -0500, Jeffrey Palm <jpalm at ccs.neu.edu> said:

JP> The following word is the coolest word I've ever seen:
JP>    Zenzizenzizenzic

JP> and means the eighth power of a number; so, if anyone would like to 
JP> develop an O(n^8) algorithm for the sake of actually using this word in 
JP> a paper, please let me know.

Amazing!  I didn't know you read 16-th century manuscripts!
(see http://www.quinion.com/words/weirdwords/ww-zen1.htm) 

I'll bet you didn't know that zenzizenzizenzic is the only hexazetic
word in the English language (see
http://phrontistery.50megs.com/numbers.html).

--Mitch 
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