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Russian court fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (www.theregister.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Shouldn't it be

w_n = 7 c + 2 w_{n-1}

Twice the fine from last week plus c=100000 rubles for each of the seven dow. According to Wolfram alpha this refines to

w(n) = 7 c · (2^n - 1)

Anyways, it's a funny formula.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

you’re completely right just see the edit I made at the top of my comment

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Ah. I first didn't really understand the edit, but now I get it.