Some say that numbers aren't as important as actual functions, but we say they are! :-) For anyone who has wondered why 13 is unlucky, why you can't eat pi, or why 1 is the multiplicative identity, this is the category you've been searching for since grade school. Whatever intellectual curiosity has been nagging at you since you first wrote the number 5, you will be likely to find an answer to your question here. And if not, submit your own! Also: Definitions of important constants, formulas to compute them and formulas that use them.
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- Mathematical Constants and Computation Essays, references, links, software.
- Arabic numerals Describes the history of the Arabic numeral system that is in use nearly all over the world today.
- Indian numerals Describes the history of the Indian numeral system.
- FAQ on Special Numbers Answers to Frequently asked questions about special numbers.
- Catalan Number -- MathWorld Illustration of the Catalan numbers related to Euler's polygon division problem.
- Absolutely Abnormal Numbers Published as math.NT/0006089, this note investigates numbers that are normal to no base whatsoever, and writes down explicitly such a number.
- Stewy's Site The infinitesimal is the opposite of infinity, and mathematicians still argue over its existence. This page probes into one of the weirdest numbers in mathematics.
- Triangular Numbers Properties of triangular numbers including reversible, happy, harshad, highly composite, deficient, abundant ones.
- Jewish Encyclopedia: Numbers and Numerals Discusses the uses and symbolism of various numbers in Hebrew literature.
- Ask Dr. Math: History of the Terms Google and Googleplex Explains how these very large numbers (1 followed by a hundred zeroes, and 1 followed by a google of zeroes, respectively) were named. With links to references. From Swarthmore's Dr. Math.
- World of Numbers Includes a collection of randomly gathered numbers, curios, puzzles, palindromes and primes.
- Wikipedia - Mathematical constant A list of constants with links to more detailed information.
- 37 Heaven Collects information around the number thirty-seven.
- Sum Beastliness Some simple mathematics associated with 666, the Number of the Beast.
- Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden section in Nature Puzzles and things to do, for schools, teachers, colleges up to university level students, or just for recreation.
- RJN's More Digits of Irrational Numbers Several million digits of e, and the square roots of 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 10.
- Timothy J. Warnock: Blog Dedicated to the natural order of the universe and to the irrational and logical chaos it presents.