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   extremely close to an integer
   it equals 262537412640768743.99999999999925...
Is that really surprising?

The chance that a random number is that close to an integer is about 1:10^12.

So by trying 10^12 crazy formulas you will have one hit. 10^12 possibilites can be covered in about 40 bits.

If we look at "e^(pi*sqrt(163))" as 16 ascii characters, that's 112 bits.



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