The New International Date Line

This is where the International Date Line is right now:
World map with conventional east-west reversed

This is where the International Date Line should be:
World map cartooned, cool soft blue

Prime Number Formula For The Planck Constant

Let p be a prime number. Then the prime numbers p1 = 2, p2 = 3, p3 = 5, p4 = 7.... Now let

$$ \begin{array}{lcl} \displaystyle x &=& \sqrt{ \sum_{i=1}^{153} \frac{(p_{i+1}-p_{i})}{(2-(p_{i+1}-p_{i}) \% 2)10^{i-1}} } \\ \\ &=& \sqrt{ \frac{(3-2)}{(2-1)10^0} + \frac{(5-3)}{(2-0)10^1}+ \frac{(7-5)}{(2-0)10^2}+ \frac{(11-7)}{(2-0)10^3}+ \frac{(13-11)}{(2-0)10^4}+ \frac{(17-13)}{(2-0)10^5}+\cdots } \\ \\ &=& \sqrt{ \frac{1}{10^0} + \frac{1}{10^1}+ \frac{1}{10^2}+ \frac{2}{10^3}+ \frac{1}{10^4}+ \frac{2}{10^5}+ \frac{1}{10^6}+ \frac{2}{10^7}+ \frac{3}{10^8}+ \frac{1}{10^9}+ \frac{3}{10^{10}}+ \frac{2}{10^{11}}+\cdots } \\ \end{array} $$

= √ (1.1121212313212331321323421212723151332331512166212315333132157212735123433234245151323421264242361935331353313321651233162345454
3324324275615121572127212...)

The actual number is infinitely long, but after 153 digits (152 decimal places), base-10 is no longer sufficient.

The results for now, therefore, are:

$$ \begin{array}{lcl} \displaystyle x &=& \displaystyle1.0545715866271161452187407321621 \dots, \\ \displaystyle 2\pi x &=& \displaystyle6.6260686984645606473287437174211 \dots. \end{array} $$

The \(1/10^{34}\) and the units aren't accounted for yet. I'm working on it. It's interesting to note how only 9 of the 10 numbers are used though.

I'd like to thank John Walker's Solar System Live page and JPL at NASA.
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