Blog Post #118: Dissecting 2020!

Year 2020 has been in the news for various reasons and has been the trigger for memes, jokes among others and needless to say most of them reflected a pessimistic outlook till now

I have attempted to take a more optimistic view of the Year as we step into the month of August and what better way to do it - Combination of Numbers through two different scenarios!

Scenario 1:

To illustrate this, I am going to express 2020 as a sum of two different perfect squares

Combination 1:

1764 + 256 = 2020 (42 ^ 2 + 16 ^ 2)

Combination 2:

576 + 1444 = 2020 (24 ^ 2 + 38 ^ 2)

What's unique about this as there are quite a few numbers which can be expressed as sum of two squares

Let's get a bit deeper at Combination 1 to start with

1764 ==> 17 + 64 is 81 (yes it is a perfect square)

256 ==> 2+5+6 is 13 (prime number)

Combination 2

576 ==> 5 + 76 is 81 (same as above)

1444 ===> 1+4+4+4 is 13! (same as above)

Remember that I have used the same principle for Combination 1 and Combination 2 to highlight the unique pattern

Conclusion: If your team starts with a specific goal in mind, the path taken by each sub-groups could be different but the broader principle they follow (aka rules & regulations) can still be intact.

2020 is a pretty good example for that!

Scenario 2:

2020 could be expressed as 1000 + 729 + 100 + 81 + 19 + 91

In turn this can be written as 10 ^ 3 + 9 ^ 3 + 10 ^ 2 + 9 ^ 2 + (10 ^ 2 - 9 ^ 2) + (10 + 9 ^ 2)

or

10 ^ 3 + 9 ^ 3 + 10 ^ 2 + 9 ^ 2 + (10 + 9) + (10 ^ 2 - 9)

Amazing to see how 2020 can be expressed as a combination of two numbers 10 and 9 using different set of operators

Conclusion: We could start with smaller building blocks and once we figure out the right tools and techniques, we can achieve the target in multiple ways. Again 2020 is a prime example of that

We still have 5 months left this year and if someone has the right attitude and work towards a clear goal as target, there are multiple ways to achieve that !

Let's spin some more optimism around 2020 and move forward!

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