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All Numbers Are Interesting: A Constructive Approach
Mike Keith argues: Many readers many be familiar with the tongue-in-cheek "proof" that all numbers (usually taken to mean "positive integers") are interesting, which goes as follows: Classify all the positive integers into two sets: the interesting ones (the only even prime, the smallest Smith number, Hardy's taxicab number, etc.) and all the rest. Then we can find the smallest uninteresting number - which is surely interesting! - and, forthwith, transfer it to the interesting set. By continued iteration of this procedure, we eventually find that all numbers are interesting. (As a side comment, we note that even if we accept the tongue-in-cheek premises of this proof, it is only effective if the original set of uninteresting numbers is finite - a somewhat dubious assumption.)
http://users.aol.com/s6sj7gt/interest.htm |
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All Numbers Are Interesting: Keith Numbers, Mari Numbers, Wild Narcissistic Numbers, and others!
Mike Keith's World of Words & Numbers... More Different Kinds of Numbers Than You've Probably Ever Heard of Before
http://users.aol.com/s6sj7gt/mikehome.htm |
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Edward T. Babinski's intelligent design website
Articles on "I.D." by the moderator of MathematicalProofsOfIntelligentDesign
http://www.intelligent-design.us |
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Edward T. Babinski's personal website
Personal website by the moderator of MathematicalProofsOfIntelligentDesign. Babinski is also the author of Leaving the Fold: Testimonies of Former Fundamentalist and a former Young-Earth Creationist, and has also produced an online newsletter, Cretinism or Evilution.
http://www.edwardtbabinski.us |
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Evolution of Arabic (Roman) Numerals from India
http://www.gosai.com/chaitanya/saranagati/html/vishnu_mjs/math/math.html#Vedic-Math4 |
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Martin Gardner On Some Amazing Mathematical Phenomena
Martin Gardner's book, The Incredible Dr. Matrix (Alternately Titled, The Magic Numbers of Dr. Matrix) draws us into the intriguing and fascinating world of numbers and number theory. "Numbers, you know, have a mysterious life of their own. It would be naive," claims Dr. Matrix, "to suppose that there is such a thing as a randomly arranged group of symbols." Consider, for example, the decimal expansion of pi. Long considered a random series, it is actually rich with remarkable patterns. "Correctly interpreted," says Dr. Matrix, "pi conveys the entire history of the human race." Dr. Matrix uncovers patterns and signs that will astound you. As Dr. Matrix demonstrates, we need only look to find clues all around us in number and language "coincidences" that will unlock the mysteries of the universe. In The Magic Numbers of Dr. Matrix, Martin Gardner introduces us to this extraordinary man, Dr. Irving Joshua Matrix. Believed by many to be the greatest numerologist who ever lived, Dr. Matrix claims to be a reincarnation of Pythagoras. He was, however, completely unknown to the scientific community until Gardner wrote about him in Scientific American in 1960. That first report and the subsequent ones that appeared with each new encounter are collected here in their entirety. We follow Dr. Matrix as he roams the world and assumes new identities and discovers new manifestations of the power of numbers to explain and predict and entertain. Always at his side is his beautiful Eurasian daughter, Iva, who abets and protects her father in each new adventure. As you delve into The Magic Numbers of Dr. Matrix, you will master some significant combinatorial mathematics and number theory. The many remarkable puzzles of Dr. Matrix are all clearly answered in the back of the book, together with commentary and references by Gardner to enlighten the uninitiated and entertain the inquiring reader.
http://www.ms.uky.edu/~lee/ma502/gardner5/gardner5.html |
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Martin Gardner On Some Amazing Mathematical Phenomena (2)
See Gardner's books: Knotted Doughnuts and Other Mathematical Entertainments, p.1 on "coincidence." Or see, The Second Scientific American Book of Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions, pg. 20 on "numerology." Or see Mathematical Carnival, pg.12 on "numerology."
http://www.ms.uky.edu/~lee/ma502/gardner5/gardner5.html |
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Math Department Homepages
Home pages of Math Departments and related institutions
http://www.scientium.com/drmatrix/sciences/math2.htm |
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Mathematical Fiction Website
Famous works of fiction in books, movies, etc. that involve mathematics!
http://math.cofc.edu/faculty/kasman/MATHFICT/mfbrowse-pubyear.php |
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Max Tegmark's "Parallel Universes" : A Challenge to Intelligent Design?
Discussion at the forum page of The International Society for Complexity, Information and Design (Pro-I.D. website)
http://www.iscid.org/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=6&t=000351 |
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Max Tegmark's Library: Parallel Universes
Professor Tegmark is known for having written a Scientific American cover article on the latest evidence in favor of Parallel Universes. Tegmark's webpage surveys physics theories involving parallel universes, which form a natural four-level hierarchy of multiverses allowing progressively greater diversity.
http://www.hep.upenn.edu/~max/multiverse1.html |
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Max Tegmark's Scientific American article on Parallel Universes, wonderfully illustrated in pdf format
Parallel Universes, great diagrams and discussion
http://dmc.augustana.edu/clauss/LS220/ExtremePhysics/ParallelUniverses.pdf |
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My So-Called Universe: Our cozy world is probably much bigger—and stranger—than we know.
By Jim Holt, Slate online (mentions Martin Garder's dismissal of the multi-verse hypothesis)
http://slate.msn.com/id/2087206/ |
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Near Death Experience--Man struck by lightning; Dr. in E.R. signs death certificate; man returns to life & recalls long NDE?
Dannion Brinkley's famous Near Death Experience; prophecies (?); changes he made in his life after the NDE; and friendship with Raymond Moody, author of the book that jumpstarted modern interest in the NDE experience, Life After Life. See also http://www.newsforthesoul.com/dannion/dannion-article.htm
http://www.mikepettigrew.com/afterlife/html/dannion_brinkley.html |
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Near Death Experiences--People born blind can see during a Near Death Experience?
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/evidence03.html |
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Prime Curios!
"Prime Curios!" is an exciting collection of curiosities, wonders and trivia related to prime numbers. I have met many folk who could not see the value in stopping to smell a wildflower, collecting a unique coin, or watching the rolling clouds in a spring-time thunderstorm. The old maxim states: "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." Why not sample a few of our curios and see how our eye compares?
http://primes.utm.edu/curios/ |
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Primenumbers · Prime numbers and primality testing
PrimeNumbers is a e-mail discussion list for those who enjoy prime numbers. Some look for patterns, some seek to find new records, others try to understand the distribution. We try to limit our discussion to prime numbers, primality testing, and very closely related subjects.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/primenumbers/ |
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Ramanujan's Goddess-inspired genius spanned diverse branches of mathematics
A Baffling Mind by By Iraja Sivadas
http://www.hinduismtoday.com/archives/2003/10-12/62_Iraja-ramanujan.shtml |
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Ramanujan, Extraordinary mathematician and devout Hindu
Article about Ramanujan, "Computing the Mathematical Face of God"
http://www.hinduismtoday.com/archives/1990/02/1990-02-04.shtml |
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Raymond M. Smullyan (mathematician, logician, philosopher)
Selections from his books, The Tao Is Silent, and, The Mind's Eye
http://www.rdegraaf.nl/index.asp?sND_ID=114133 |
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Raymond M. Smullyan, Is God A Taoist?
A fascinating conversation between a "Mortal" and "God," that raises a host of interesting logical and philosophical questions. (Smullyan is a noted mathematician, logician, philosopher)
http://www.mit.edu/people/dpolicar/writing/prose/text/godTaoist.html |
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Simulacra - Christian
A collection of things that look like Jesus and Mary
http://groups.msn.com/WhyDidTheFundieCrossTheRoad/weseeyoujesus.msnw |
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Simulacra -- Muslim
A tree in the posture of Islamic prayer. Allah's name appears in the Oceans. Allah's name appears in a tomato and in a water melon. The name of Muhammed appears on the side of a fish. See also, "Modern Miracles of Islam" at http://www.einterface.net/gamini/miracleislam.html
http://www.islamcan.com/miracles/index.shtml |
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Simulacra Corner -- The Fortean Times
Photos of inanimate objects that resemble animate objects. A new photo or two appears monthly in each issue of The Fortean Times, on sale at many major bookstores.
http://www.forteantimes.com/gallery/simulacra.shtml |
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The "Koran Code?" - Hidden Mathematical Message in the Koran?
A Hidden Message? Or Coincidence? Copyright © Dr. Monzur Ahmed, the Muslim Technologist, October 1989
http://www.themodernreligion.com/basic/quran/quran_scatter.htm |
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The "Pi Code" (The infinite digits of Pi are replaced [via base-26] by the 26 letters of the English alphabet, hilarity ensues)
The Pi Code by Mike Keith
http://users.aol.com/s6sj7gt/picode.htm |
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The Mathematics of Oz (The "Oz Code?")
Acclaimed author Dr Clifford Pickover, Dorothy, and Dr Oz explore some of the oddest and quirkiest highways and byways of the numerically obsessed. Prepare yourself for a shattering odyssey as The Mathematics of Oz unlocks the doors of your imagination. The thought-provoking mysteries, puzzles, and problems range from zebra numbers and circular primes to Legion’s number - a number so big that it makes a trillion pale in comparison. The strange mazes, bizarre consequences, and dizzying arrays of logic problems will entertain people at all levels of mathematical sophistication. (See especially Chapter 43, Ramanujan Congruences and the Quest for Transcendence, pp. 97-100, 310
http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/bookscp.html#mathoz |
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The Number of the Beast
The number 666 is cool. Made famous by the Book of Revelation (Chapter 13, verse 18, to be exact), it has also been studied extensively by mathematicians because of its many interesting properties. Here is a compendium of mathematical facts about the number 666. Most of the well-known "chestnuts" are included, but many are relatively new and have not been published elsewhere.
http://users.aol.com/s6sj7gt/mike666.htm |
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The Number of the Beast: A Numerological Primer
Michael Gilleland studies some of the many ways "666" has been "discovered" in famous people's names.
http://www.merriampark.com/numbeast.htm |
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The Zen of Magic Squares, Circles, and Stars: An Exhibition of Surprising Structures Across Dimensions
Pickover explains why Chinese emperors, Babylonian astrologer-priests, prehistoric cave people in France, and ancient Mayans of the Yucatan were convinced that magic squares--arrays filled with numbers or letters in certain arrangements--held the secret of the universe. Since the dawn of civilization, he writes, humans have invoked such patterns to ward off evil and bring good fortune. Yet who would have guessed that in the twenty-first century, mathematicians would be studying magic squares so immense and in so many dimensions that the objects defy ordinary human contemplation and visualization? Readers are treated to a colorful history of magic squares and similar structures, their construction, and classification along with a remarkable variety of newly discovered objects ranging from ornate inlaid magic cubes to hypercubes. Illustrated examples occur throughout, with some patterns from the author's own experiments. The tesseracts, circles, spheres, and stars that he presents perfectly convey the age-old devotion of the math-minded to this Zenlike quest. Number lovers, puzzle aficionados, and math enthusiasts will treasure this rich and lively encyclopedia of one of the few areas of mathematics where the contributions of even nonspecialists count. Also discussed in this book, Tesseracts, pp. 114, 120-121, 165-170, 187 perfect, 120-121. Tesseract, Rubik's, 130.)
http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/zenad.html |
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Vedic Maths
Some sites on the ancient system of calculations, now popularly known as Vedic Math.
http://hinduism.about.com/od/vedicmaths/ |
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World Question Center
"Big, deep and ambitious questions....breathtaking in scope. Keep watching The World Question Center." — New Scientist
http://www.edge.org/questioncenter.html |
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