A Few Things About The Number 23.   by JaZilla

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Random factlets about the number 23, the number of Chaos.

The number 23 has long been a source of fascination, even more than other prime numbers...
What is it about this unusual number?

23 Mathematics 

  • 23 is a prime number.
  • 2 + 3 = 5, another prime number.
  • 23 is the ninth prime number:
    2 3 5 7 11 13 17 19 23
  • According to Math.com, the name for a 23 sided polygon would be "Icosikaitrigon" or even "23gon".

    I propose we call it "Illuminatigon".

  • The interior angles of an Illuminatigon are 164.34782608695653 degrees. It has 3780 interior angles.

Higher Math, In Depth 

Prime Curious: 23
Deeper mathematical curiousities of the number 23, from The Prime Pages.

There are 23 original Peter Rabbit books. 

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23tti 

The Number 23 ~ Twenty-three ~ 23 ~ Twenty-three ~ The Number 23

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The Illuminatus & the Number 23 

Discordian Numerology

23 is the focal number of the Discordians, an absurdist philosophy that is based on the Principia Discordia, a work by Malaclypse the Younger, Robert Anton Wilson, & Kerry W. Thornley.
Robert Anton Wilson's related books, The Illuminatus Trilogy, theorize that historically significant and just plain weird events happen on the 23rd more often than statistically probable.
See also 23 Golden Apples.
The Illuminatus! Trilogy: The Eye in the Pyramid, The Golden Apple, Leviathan

The Illuminatus! Trilogy: The Eye in the Pyramid, The Golden Apple, Leviathan

by Robert Shea, Robert Anton Wilson

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Principia Discordia, Or, How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her: The Magnum Opiate of Malaclypse the Younger

Principia Discordia, Or, How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her: The Magnum Opiate of Malaclypse the Younger

by Malaclypse, Robert Anton Wilson, Kerry W. Thornley

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Science & 23 

  • Human gametes have 23 chromosomes each.
  • The Earth is tilted on a roughly 23 degree axis.
  • The 23rd pair of chromosomes determines biological sex in humans.
  • The 23rd element on the Periodic Chart is Vanadium, which is bright white, soft, and toxic.

Philosophy, History, & Letters 23 

  • The 23rd hexagram of the I Ching is Po ~ Splitting Apart.
  • In the Tao Te Ching, 23.
  • W is the 23rd letter of the Roman alphabet.
  • Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd President of the United States.

Movie Appearances 

 

The Number Devil

The Number Devil

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In twelve dreams, Robert, a boy who hates math, meets a Number Devil, who leads him to discover the amazing world of numbers: infinite numbers, prime... more »

Number Theory and Its History

Number Theory and Its History

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Unusually clear, accessible introduction covers counting properties of numbers, prime numbers, much more. Bibliography. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005.... more »

The Music of the Primes

The Music of the Primes

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In 1859, German mathematician Bernhard Riemann presented a paper to the Berlin Academy that would forever change the history of mathematics. The subje... more »

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Lim Ee Hai

This number 23 is a fascinating number. Many events actually happened related to this 23. There is also a movie made based on this number. 23 is a popular number printed onto many T-shirts. Numbers, numbers....
Numbers produces wonders!

I have a maths blog at www.limeehai.com

Anyone is welcomed to visit it. Maybe you can discover more amazing numbers form there. Cheers!

Posted February 16, 2008

Thenumber23isit

did you that september 11 is also a 23.

11 9 2 0 0 1 = 23 !!!!!!
scary

Posted September 16, 2007

 

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