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Pocumtuck Ridge Cache # 11: Constant Fun! Mystery Cache

Hidden : 8/26/2019
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


The cache is NOT at the posted coordinates, nor is there any reason to go there, unless you simply like exploring.

 

In a high school or college science course, you might have run into Newton’s gravitational constant or Planck’s constant. Did you know that the world of mathematics also has famous constants?   

 

You will learn about a few of them when solving this puzzle.  Don’t worry, you won’t actually have to do any calculations.

 

Step 1:Write down the first five digits of the mathematical constants listed below.  Simply truncate.  Do not round. In other words, for Sierpinski’s constant, 2.58498….., you would write down 25849, NOT 25850.  

Step 2:Find the constants in the number search grid.  

Step 3:Somehow determine the coordinates of the cache.

Step 4:Pack a snack and/or a camera, and find the cache!

 

Archimedes’ constant (you probably know this as something else)

Euler’s constant (e)

Feigenbaum’s* second constant (alpha)

Pythagoras’ constant

Conway’s constant (lambda)

 

* = Mitchell Feigenbaum passed away in June, 2019

 

0          0          0          0          1          4          2          

3          3          1          4          1          3          6

9          1          1          3          2          0          2

0          4          4          7          0          5          0

2          7          1          1          0          3          2           

3          8          5          2          5          4          5

2          9          9          2          0          0          0

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Chmmyr: Jung erznvaf. Pnpur: Tebhaq yriry----cebonoyl abg “jvagre sevraqyl.”

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)