Your Favorite Number - What's Yours and Why?

[Drakkith]

Your Favorite Number!

What is your favorite number?? And why??

Mines...umm...one of them...probably between 0 and several trillion...I can't decide.

But I'll just go with two. Why? Because that's the number of pop tarts in a pouch!

 

[Dale]

When people ask me to pick a number between 1 and 10 I always pick pi. Does that count?

 

[Drakkith]

When people ask me to pick a number between 1 and 10 I always pick pi. Does that count?

Of course! But you better have cake in there somewhere...its my favorite.

 

[Insanity]

\sqrt 7/9

why?

6(x) * 9(x) = 42
54x^2=42
x^2=42/54
x^2=7/9
x= \sqrt 7/9

 

[Evo]

Two. It's my number for relaxation. I read someone that said in order to relax pick a number and assign relaxation to it. Then whenever you're stressed think of the number.

Doesn't work. But 2 is still a cool number.

 

[jhae2.718]

This is a tough one. Let's see, there's:

• e, for obvious reasons
• i, since \mathbb{C}^n is interesting
• \pi, for its all-around significance
• \varphi; I've always liked the Golden Ratio
• \aleph_0
• \frac{\pi^2}{6}, since it's a cool sum of \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \frac{1}{n^2}
• G, because of its gravity
• k_e = \frac{1}{4\pi \epsilon_0} is rather electric
• 2, the only even prime
• the set of perfect numbers

Too many...can't decide.

 

[Drakkith]

Haha, i KNEW i'd get some great replies like these.

 

[jhae2.718]

Can't believe I forgot 42.

 

[hypatia]

27, only because of the odd amount of times it shows up in my life.

 

[jhae2.718]

I also like:

• Eddington's number, 15,747,724,136,275,002,577,605,653,961,181,555,468 ,044,717,914,527,116,709,366,231,425,076,185,631,0 31,296
• Graham's number, g₆₄
• The xkcd number, A(g₆₄,g₆₄), where A is the Ackermann function

 

[HeLiXe]

This is a tough one. Let's see, there's:

• e, for obvious reasons
• i, since \mathbb{C}^n is interesting
• \pi, for its all-around significance
• \varphi; I've always liked the Golden Ratio
• \aleph_0
• \frac{\pi^2}{6}, since it's a cool sum of \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \frac{1}{n^2}
• G, because of its gravity
• k_e = \frac{1}{4\pi \epsilon_0} is rather electric
• 2, the only even prime
• the set of perfect numbers

Too many...can't decide.

This is so great <3

 

[Drakkith]

This is a tough one. Let's see, there's:

• e, for obvious reasons
• i, since \mathbb{C}^n is interesting
• \pi, for its all-around significance
• \varphi; I've always liked the Golden Ratio
• \aleph_0
• \frac{\pi^2}{6}, since it's a cool sum of \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \frac{1}{n^2}
• G, because of its gravity
• k_e = \frac{1}{4\pi \epsilon_0} is rather electric
• 2, the only even prime
• the set of perfect numbers

Too many...can't decide.

I feel kinda bad that I don't understand most of this lol.

 

[HeLiXe]

That's what makes it so great

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

13 is my most favorite number. I've pretty much got that one to myself. In fact I have a bunch of favorite numbers, and 13 is the smallest one. So, in addition to being my most favorite number, it is also my least favorite number.

 

[turbo]

I like 4. Diagrammatically, it is very symmetrical. It is composed of 2 2's, which is a plus. It scales up easily with 8, 12, 16, 20, 24...

When I was learning how to count, and later to appreciate and manipulate numbers, 4 was my favorite. I don't know why.

 

[Insanity]

6_{13} * 9_{13} = 42_{13}
but that is incorrect, hence \sqrt 7/9

 

[lisab]

I like 4. Diagrammatically, it is very symmetrical. It is composed of 2 2's, which is a plus. It scales up easily with 8, 12, 16, 20, 24...

When I was learning how to count, and later to appreciate and manipulate numbers, 4 was my favorite. I don't know why.

I don't really have a favorite, but I've always liked 9 for much the same reasons you like 4.

 

[HeLiXe]

I can't decide between mine but pi is very special to me, I also love the square root of 2.

 

[jhae2.718]

...I also love the square root of 2.

Don't tell that to the Pythagoreans.

 

[HeLiXe]

lololol

 

[jhae2.718]

don't tell that to the pythagoreans.

 

[Proton Soup]

i have a weekness for 7

 

[Ivan Seeking]

h

Everything interesting has an h in it.

 

[jhae2.718]

Also \hbar, \quad \epsilon_0, \quad \mu_0

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Gotta love googolplex.

 

[jhae2.718]

This thread has the potential for a lot of answers, so let's just say:
x:\forall x \in \mathbb{C}^n
(Hopefully some mathematician here can point out what the largest set is if I'm wrong.)

 

[KrisOhn]

5.39\times10^{-44}

 

[HeLiXe]

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[HeLiXe]

5.39\times10^{-44}

Ah yes and this reminds me of 6.02 x 10^23 <3 beautiful in more ways than one!

 

[Calrid]

Infinity because it isn't one despite maths. :)

I like watching people trying to put the infinite and indefinite in a box, the mental masturbation alone makes infinity fascinating.

That and transcendentals like \pi\;\;\;\; e^x\;\; \sqrt {2}[/itex] etc which just never stop.