Depends on how the song is interpreted. The intention is probably “by the 𝑛ᵗʰ day of Christmas, my true love had given to me [list of 𝑛+(𝑛–1)+…1 items]” but the actual grammar means that by day 12, you’d have received 𝑛(13–𝑛) of the 𝑛ᵗʰ item, or
- 12 drummers drumming
- 22 pipers piping
- 30 lords-a leaping
- 36 ladies dancing
- 40 maids a-milking
- 42 swans a-swimming
- 42 geese a-laying
- 40 gold rings
- 36 calling birds
- 30 French hens
- 22 turtle doves
- 12 partriges in pear trees
Total is 184 birds. By day 7, only 69 birds, up 50 % from 46 by day 6. At least the number of received birds stays constant (23) on days 8-12. The geese technically-a-reproducing are not accounted for, as the eggs might not be fertilized and take several weeks to hatch.
Also explored in an awesome video by Vihart: YouTube/Piped/Vimeo
Curse you Carl Friedrich Gauss and your distribution! Is there no escape?!?
It’s a parabola actually, the function is –𝑛²+13𝑛.
The reason Gauss is mentioned in Vihart’s video is that he famously invented the formula for triangular numbers.
this is why i come to lemmy
this is why i lemmy
Lol, eight maids a milking… Slaves. He’s sending you slaves darling.
All 140 humans, including the 30 lords, are slaves. You don’t otherwise “own” humans like birds or rings.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
Here is a Vimeo link: https://vimeo.com/147797331
