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February 13, 2008

Regarding the secret equation illustrated in your webpage at:
http://chemistry.about.com/library/weekly/blsecretformula.htm

it can be re-described in c++/Pascal computer code terms as:

NOTE: the asterisk (i.e. *) symbol is equivalent to a multiply symbol!

First term on left side:

( ( H * 6 * U ) / V ) / ( ( H * ( 3 / ( 5 * u ) ) ) -13 ) > H

NOTE: the -13 I am a little unsure about because I cannot be truly sure it's a negative symbol or a mathematical floor symbol (i.e. result must be less than or near 13)

The middle term indicates to me that the left side of the equation must be Greater Than (i.e. >) the middle term which I think consists of the symbols ./- (i.e. Period-Divide Sign-Negative Symbol) and then H^21 or also possibly H to the power of 2*L

The right side of the equation seem to indicate the following computer term:

( R * 3 * R * H * 26 ) / ( M * P * 4 * PI * L)

NOTE: I cannot be sure if the M is an M or it's a N an a subscript of 9

The lower terms I think are a descriptor or an index to a variable or constant 754P# followed another equation: ( 4 * H ) * ( 715 / ( V * H * 405) )

In my personal opinion, the H and V are not chemical symbols but rather dimensions such as H=Height and V=Velocity or V=Volts
L also believe is L=Length and that the T E 01.16 could be 1.16 Tera Electron Volts. The other symbols could be U=Microns

This POSSIBLY indicates an equation for a wave propagation in fluid dynamics or a description for an oscillation which has height, length, energy and frequency or an equation for creating/emitting (OR ABSORBING) a pulse or continuous wave of some sort.

This could be used for directing or creating high energy beams of laser light, gravity waves, radio, radar or microwave pulses or for detailing the absorption characteristics of a material in terms of energy absorbed or reflected off of a given medium. The 754P# could be an ISO, IEEE or Military Specification designation for a common metal or plastic material or for a type of coating or other material.

For all we know, this may be a classified equation of the radar absorbing characteristics of the paint used on the stealth bomber or it could the equations for detailing the non-linear propagation a nuclear explosion or it could be the equation for the energies needed to initiate sonoluminescence in order to create a cold fusion reaction or based upon the "Cal Gun" designation at the top of the paper, it could be equations for a linear induction motor used in calibrating the coils of the electromagnetically-based Rail Gun Number 9.

This is just some guesses based upon some gut-feeling hunches and should NOT be relied upon as scientific fact but rather as an interesting intellectual exercise to promote more serious examination and debate.

Basically I really don't know what it's for but I can give you another hint in the lower right corner of the paper there is a the designation I-C-IND- which possibly a computer server address which in my opinion the IND could stand for Indiana State University which tells me that could be a UNIX server-based ARPANET address that was in use 20 years ago which was the predecessor to today's Internet.

The I-C portion of the address could be a university engineering department designation such as Integrated Circuits research....That's just a gut-feeling Hunch though!

Hope this gets the creative juices flowing....

Email me if you have any other questions or want me to look at a better quality version of the paper...
Thanks

Henry A. Eckstein

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