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Puzzle: Four Fours: $13$
Using exactly $4$ instances of the number $4$, the task is to write an expression for $13$, using whatever arithmetical operations you consider necessary.
Solution
- $13 = \map \Gamma 4 \times \sqrt 4 + \dfrac 4 4$
where $\Gamma$ is the gamma function: $\map \Gamma 4 = 6$
Sources
- 1980: Angela Dunn: Mathematical Bafflers (revised ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $1$. Say it with Letters: Algebraic Amusements: Four Fours