This is extremely disappointing, that the flag must change when the U.S. takes over all of North America. I suspect that this issue on flag design will be the likely reason that this never happens.
On Monday, January 6, 2014 1:02:29 PM UTC+8, Cedric Greevey wrote: > > How many states can the US have and keep a flag with a reasonably close to > square arrangement of stars like it currently has? > > (take-while #(<= % 100) > (sort > (distinct > (for [m (range 3 20) > n (range (int (* m 3/4)) (inc m))] > (- (* 2 m n) m n -1))))) > > (8 13 18 23 25 32 39 41 50 59 61 72 83 85 94 98) > > The next close-to-squarish possibility is 59 states. The stars would be a > 7x5 grid with a superposed 6x4 grid, versus the present 6x5 and 5x4. But > just two states after that it could be exactly square, with 6x6 and 5x5 > arrays. :) > > Also: the flag would have to change if the US annexed either of its large > neighbors. Canada has 13 internal divisions which would become new states, > but 63 is not a solution. Mexico's 31 internal states would give the US 81 > in total, but that is not a solution either. Both miss solutions by 2, but > in opposite directions. Mexico, plus graduating Puerto Rico and the U.S. > Virgin Islands to full statehood, would give 83, allowing a flag with 8x6 > and 7x5 arrays of stars. (Of course, the GOP would never stand for anything > like this that would make such a large fraction of US voters Latino.) > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
