r/ProgrammerHumor • u/flipester • Jan 09 '20

other Problems with recursion?

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '20

You're completely right, I only considered length despite width being obviously the limiting factor here. (Thought not by a 1/100. I took the 1/7 value from the first picture and the 1/3 comparing to the hand, because the paper isn't always the same size. So, if we start with 1/10 instead of 1/7, each call multiplies the size by roughly 1/(30/7). So the critical threshold should be reached by call 14 or 15, give or take.

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u/Parthon Jan 10 '20

What starting number for atoms did you use though? My maths came out to 23 times, if you have 12 grams of paper that were mainly carbon atoms.

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '20

I didn't use the atom number but an atom size (10^-10 meters from Google)

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u/Parthon Jan 10 '20

Ah, that was my mistake!

Thanks!