Long math equation for my sister's 25th birthday please

In summary, the conversation is about someone looking for help to come up with a math equation that equals to 25 to put on a t-shirt for their sister's birthday. Multiple suggestions are given, including equations involving Fibonacci, Lucas, and Catalan sequences, Pythagorean theorem, and integrals. In the end, the person chooses an equation with the maximum value.
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Hi I’m looking for someone who could help me with this little problem of mine... My sister studies math at a university she is on her 3rd year and her birthday is coming up i would like to make her a Tshirt with a print that says “I am (long mathe equation) years old... so i need a math equation that equals to 25 i saw a comment on a similar post but i need something a bit longer than just
52∞∑n=012n−e(2)(5)iπ+∫522xdx
Referencehttps://www.physicsforums.com/threads/equation-to-equal-25.699794/
I need an equation that is a bit longer and harder to solve as well since she does study math I hope to make her think twice when she looks at it too... hopefully someone could help me and thanks in advance
Cheers
 
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How about the solution of:
$$
\dfrac{\sqrt{5}^5}{4\pi^2} \cdot \sum_{n=1}^\infty \dfrac{x}{n\cdot n \cdot (n+1)}\cdot \dfrac{F_n \cdot L_n}{C_n} = 1
$$
where ##F_n## is the Fibonacci sequence, ##L_n## the Lucas sequence and ##C_n## the Catalan sequence. You will find their definitions, e.g. on Wikipedia.
 
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I know you might be looking for something longer, but something that would be easy to print on a t-shirt would be ## 4! +1 ##. (4!=4x3x2x1 ). (The exclamation mark is used in mathematics for the "factorial" symbol)... (Probably much too simple...)
 
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Charles Link said:
I know you might be looking for something longer, but something that would be easy to print on a t-shirt would be ## 4! +1 ##. (4!=4x3x2x1 ). (The exclamation mark is used in mathematics for the "factorial" symbol)... (Probably much too simple...)
For a simple one, I'd chosen the classical Pythagorean: ##3^2+4^2##. Not very complicated or long, but it started number theory - in a way.
 
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Here's another strange one which is at least long:
$$\operatorname{max}^2 \{\,n\in \mathbb{N}_0\,\vert \,2^n+7^n+8^n+18^n+19^n+24^n-3^n-4^n-12^n-14^n-22^n-23^n=0\,\}$$
 
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Combining posts 3 and 4: y=25 (and x=4) is the only solution to ##y=x! + 1 = x^2 + (x-1)^2## where x is an integer. Not a nice equation, however. I like post 5.
 
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fresh_42 said:
For a simple one, I'd chosen the classical Pythagorean: ##3^2+4^2##. Not very complicated or long, but it started number theory - in a way.
Somewhat related, but as an integral akin to the one you wrote in the linked thread:

##\int_{12}^{13}2x~dx##
This evaluates to ##x^2|_{12}^{13} = (13)^2 - (12)^2) = 169 - 144 = 25##
 
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Charles Link said:
I know you might be looking for something longer, but something that would be easy to print on a t-shirt would be ##4!+1.##(4!=4x3x2x1 ). (The exclamation mark is used in mathematics for the "factorial" symbol)... (Probably much too simple...)

As I saw it at first, I thought that the dot between 1 and parenthesis was "times" but it is not. So, to make it a little longer, I'm borrowing the idea, changing one sign and adding 1
##4!+1\cdot(4!-4\cdot3\cdot2\cdot1)+1##
 
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if she knows how to solve cubics, maybe ask "If X^3 = 12X + 65, then X^2 = ?"
 
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Thanks to everyone for the help i ended up using the one with the maximum... she loves the shirt... thanks again
 
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