Beautiful Numbers

1

  • It is the multiplicative identity for integers, real numbers, and complex numbers.
  • It is neither prime nor composite
  • 1 raised to any number is 1.
  • Is considered a highest honor. 1 is #1!

1.61803398874989484820…

  • AKA phi
  • Φ
  • It is the “Golden Ratio”
  • It is found by dividing a line into two parts, so that the longer part divided by the smaller part is also equal to the whole length divided by the longer part:
    a/b=(a+b)/a
  • The actual value goes infinitely with no pattern.
  • It is an irrational number, which means it cannot be written as the ratio of two integers

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3.14159265358979323846…

  • AKA pi
  • Π
  • It is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter.
  • It is an irrational number.
  • It has an infinite number of digits in its decimal representation and does not settle into any repeating pattern.

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6

  • It is the first perfect number. The sum of all of its divisors:
    1+2+3=6
  • It is the only number that is both the sum and the product of the same three consecutive positive integers :
    1+2+3=1*2*3
  • It is the atomic number of carbon. Carbon is the basis of almost all known life on Earth.
  • It has significance in both Christian and Jewish religion.