Is there such a thing as...??

Reformed Rob · #1 Nov 17, '07, 6:28 pm

Hi, I was wondering a while back:

Is there such a thing as a supernatural number?

I would say "for instance" but the fact is that I can't think of any example. If I could, I wouldn't ask the question.

There are what we call "imaginary numbers" which are simply the result when you take the square root of a negative number.

And there are functions that go to infinity, and approach but never equal a certain number.

But all that is "natural." I can't think of a supernatural number!

Reformed Rob · #2 Nov 17, '07, 6:30 pm

Oh, and I don't mean what mathemeticians discuss here:

A supernatural number

is a formal product

where

runs over all (rational) prime numbers, and the values

are each either natural numbers or the symbol

Leopard · #3 Nov 17, '07, 6:54 pm

Well, there is the "Persons of the Trinity Number" (also called the "Saint Patrick Number"), which can be expressed:

3=1

And there is the "Natures of Christ Number", which can be expressed:

100%+100%=100%

I'd say both of those are supernatural.

Reformed Rob · #4 Nov 17, '07, 10:01 pm

Yes, the equations are perhaps supernatural, which is what a lot of mathmatics is. Numbers sometimes matter very little, but what counts is the formula.