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JJLehto
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Topic: Favorite numberPosted: May 02 2012 at 03:04 |
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Intriguing point. Also 13 is the famous unlucky number! As you have noticed I don't have 0, negative numbers, irrational numbers, or whatever else I missed but when has the parameters of a poll every stopped anyone? |
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9 and 27 (but that's 9+9+9), because I give too much importance to my birthday (while still cursing my existence in every other regard).
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Equality 7-2521
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Posted: May 02 2012 at 09:51 |
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You missed infinitely many numbers not on this list :(
Euler's number would probably be my favorite followed closely by the squareroot of 2. If we're talking integers, before I studied math it was 11. I enjoyed the primality and the symmetry. It's also cool how it's an iterative number of the multiplicative identity. Since studying it, I've found 11 can be kind of boring, but I guess I'll still say it's 11. |
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Posted: May 02 2012 at 09:52 |
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He's also missing rational numbers. |
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Posted: May 02 2012 at 09:53 |
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Why would you say zero? Please explain. Edited by Equality 7-2521 - May 02 2012 at 09:53 |
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None of the above. But from this list I prefer 17, followed by 5 and 2.
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Posted: May 02 2012 at 10:11 |
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![]() It's a nice round number, look at that: 0 I analyze numbers and data for a living. It's hard to explain, but that number seems to come in handy more than any other. Plus, tack it on the end of any number, and it will multiply it by ten, for added pizazz. |
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Yeah, that's what I meant by 'dirty dozen', and if that and 'unlucky number' are not synonymous, then I apologize. That's exactly what I meant - an unlucky number. Besides, I was born on 13th of March ...
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You should have said something cool like it makes solving quadratic equations possible :( |
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^ Fine, on behalf of Steve I will say: " It makes solving quadratic equations possible ..
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42 because it's the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything.
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^ What's the ultimate question of life? When am I most likely to die?
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Posted: May 02 2012 at 12:34 |
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Indeed, but as I said "when has the parameters of a poll every stopped anyone?" Also, my guess is there are tons of numbers I don't even know about, so they'd be excluded just out of ignorance. |
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Posted: May 02 2012 at 12:41 |
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What do you get if you multiply six by nine? |
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There probably are, but in our standard Real number system ration and irrational together would cover anything. He's missing imaginary too, but since the idea of a number is so general he's missing more things than we could even talking about. I just assumed he was narrowing his attention to the Reals. |
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Posted: May 02 2012 at 12:56 |
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Who's "he" btw?
If you mean the poll creator that was of course me. |
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Where is Pi?
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Excuse me, sir, do you have a moment to talk about our lord and savior, Neptune, god of the Sea?
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Equality 7-2521
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Ha I thought textbook made it since he makes threads for everything. |
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Understood. I made these last 2 to mock him actually ![]() |
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^ I would say mission accomplished.
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