[Icehouse] The original pyramid size formula revealed!

[Eric Haas]

Tuesday, March 6, 2007, 5:01:03 PM, you wrote:

DN> Andy Looney wrote:
>> "Of course, it is obvious that possibility (2),(C) is the correct 
>> choice. Not only do the pyramid Base Size and Face Height vary with a 
>> neat equation: BS = 4 / 7 FH = (4 + (2 ^ (PointValue - 1)) / 8, but the 
>> pyramids are similar too."
>> 
>> So there you go, the formula we used. I hope this clears things up. 
>> Sorry about the angst.

DN> Does that mean that pyramids should grow exponentially w.r.t. pip count,
DN> and not linearly?


I would guess that means that pyramids other than 1, 2, and 3 pips
were not really considered.