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A rabbit hole into poking around a whole mess of Wikipedia pages about specific numbers, which was pretty entertaining. That said, https://en.wikipedia.org/wik
by chasing 3y ago
A rabbit hole into poking around a whole mess of Wikipedia pages about specific numbers, which was pretty entertaining.
That said, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_numbers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_numbers is woefully incomplete.
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- jlv2 3y agoYes, the List of numbers page is inadequate. When I give a monetary gift, I like to make it start with an interesting number. And then I ask the recipient (e.g., my kids, or neices/nephews, etc) if they can figure out what the number is. e.g., 986.96 is based upon π sqaured.
- ximm 3y agoIn university I learned that every integer is interesting. Proof: If there are non-interesting integers, there must be a smallest non-interesting integer, which is an interesting property. ■
- xcv123 3y agoYour proof assumes there is only a finite set of non-interesting integers, but it could be an infinite set.
- planede 3y agoEven if the set is infinite, there surely is a smallest non-negative interesting integer.
- chasing 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unexpected_hanging_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unexpected_hanging_paradox