lotta@theta ~ % ./gate --status SESSION : null GATE 1 : sealed aes-256-gcm · 6 decimals GATE 2 : sealed aes-256-gcm · 12 decimals BACKEND : none — verification is local and offline · scoreboard is read-only

Two gates. One equation. Solve it and the payloads decrypt in your own browser — there is no server here to ask, and no answer stored anywhere for you to find.

Find θ such that
sin(θ) + cos(θ) = log(θ) · eθ

θ is in radians. log is base 10. e is Euler's number. The root lies between 1 and 2.

Check your candidate against this. Rearranged, it is the same equation, so a correct θ returns itself — and a wrong one visibly does not:
LN( (SIN(θ) + COS(θ)) / LOG(θ) ) = θ

Feed your value through all three calculators and see whether it comes back. At the root it agrees to fifteen decimals; at π/2 it is off in the second.

Gate 1 opens at six decimals. Three calculators and patience will get you there.
Gate 2 opens at twelve. They will not.

Calculator # 1
Calculator # 2
Calculator # 3
AUTHENTICATION
[ LOCKED ]

This panel is a status display. It has no fields to fill in and asks you for nothing — the only input that matters is θ.

awaiting input
HALL OF FAME
fetching scoreboard…

everyone who has opened gate 2, refreshed on page load. The gate does not need the scoreboard to work — solving stays local and offline.