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minus-squareDaxtron2@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoPerfect numbers are number theory not numerology
minus-squarePulptasticlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoI mean kinda? We’re assigning importance to a neat coincidence.
minus-squareJojo, Lady of the West@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoOn the one hand, sure. On the other hand, a lot of significant things in math and science came about because someone noticed and then studied a neat coincidence.
minus-squarePulptasticlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoMaybe it’s just a nomenclature thing for me. Calling it a perfect number makes me think of the dudes in Pi.
Perfect numbers are number theory not numerology
I mean kinda? We’re assigning importance to a neat coincidence.
On the one hand, sure.
On the other hand, a lot of significant things in math and science came about because someone noticed and then studied a neat coincidence.
Maybe it’s just a nomenclature thing for me. Calling it a perfect number makes me think of the dudes in Pi.