Dnas Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 Hmm...never heard of 33.42 is from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.I think it might have been chosen because its the number of letters in answer to life the universe and everything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Tutankhamun Posted October 15, 2004 Share Posted October 15, 2004 Hallo there. Hope you have fun. I am fond of the number 50,000,000 and 6.022x10^23 to (mol) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nawen Posted October 15, 2004 Share Posted October 15, 2004 1,618 is another special number, btw. You can find it everywhere in the nature. If you count the number of female bees and divide it with the number of males, then you get 1,618There where many more examples but I can't remember them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red_08 Posted October 15, 2004 Share Posted October 15, 2004 Welcome!Have fun browsing the forums! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenratiophi Posted October 16, 2004 Author Share Posted October 16, 2004 1,618 is another special number, btw. You can find it everywhere in the nature. If you count the number of female bees and divide it with the number of males, then you get 1,618There where many more examples but I can't remember them Should it be 1.618?It's phi = (1+sqrt[5])/2.I know my number theory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ykkrosh Posted October 16, 2004 Share Posted October 16, 2004 A while ago I found something about Φ (hoping Unicode works) here (link to audio hidden at the bottom). It's surprising how much stuff you can discover on the internet when you're bored Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeOptimist Posted October 25, 2004 Share Posted October 25, 2004 Welcome! I hope you have fun browsing our community. Feel free to ask geeky programming-related questions on the Computer Desk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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