From: utzoo!decvax!cca!fortune!kiessig Newsgroups: net.math Title: Re: 4 4's problem - (nf) Article-I.D.: fortune.353 Posted: Thu Aug 19 18:32:48 1982 Received: Sat Aug 21 02:09:06 1982 #R:wivax:-15300:fortune:6200001:000:301 fortune!kiessig Aug 19 13:04:00 1982 Boy, this brings back memories. I can remember sitting around for days in 1969 writing out by hand pages and pages of four 4's equations. Is there a proof somewhere that states whether or not it is possible to get any arbitrary integer from four 4's? It would seem like a toughy.... Rick Kiessig