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By Ezra Krybus
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Thanks for the warm words.
You're right that we didn't account for the people stopping after 8 days in our calculation because the difference is insignificant. I am by no means a mathematician but we did cross reference the math with an expert and he was the one who confirmed 33 days. The final number though as we said is only approximate and yours might well be more accurate. Regardless, we here at Chabad.org are hoping that you'll be out there this Chanukah LIVING the numbers, inspiring others. And what I find is that it's the little things that make the deepest impact. Have a truly special Chanukah and keep correcting those numbers.
Very nice video-- a wonderful concept! I just thought I'd mention that I believe your math is off. If everyone lights one person each day and did NOT stop after 8 days, it would take 34 days. 2^33 is the number you arrived at, but don't forget that you started on day 1 at 1, or 2^0. Hence, 34 days. However, we still would get a different final number than your 8,589,934,591, since, according to your video, each person is only lighting a new person for 8 days. That is, starting on day 9, you have to subtract away 2^(9-Day#) from each day's sum. If you do all this, it still takes 34 days to light the world, but the final number is 7,717,519,360.
Love the concept though! Hope you don't mind the math corrections. No offense intended. Kudos!
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Day two is me and my friend I lit up
Day three I light another person and so does my first friend. 4 Total.
Day four all four of us light another person. So there are 8 people who have been illuminated. The system compounds exponentially.
If you keep going, on day 33, over 8 billion people have been touched. That's what's special about day 33!
It would take only a little over a month to touch the whole world if each person would make a difference in only 8 lives in 8 days.
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