The secret lives of numbers numerals and their peculiarities in mathematics and beyond

"The Secret Lives of Numbers takes readers on a journey through integers, considering their numerological assignments as well as their significance beyond mathematics and in the realm of popular culture"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Posamentier, Alfred S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Guilford, Connecticut Prometheus Books, an imprint of Globe Pequot, the trade division of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2022]
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Online Access:EBSCOhost
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Table of Contents:
  • Pt. 1: Significant numbers and what they mean, represent, and exhibit
  • The numbers from 0 to 99
  • The numbers from 100 to 200
  • The numbers from 300 to 1000
  • Pt. 2: Special number characteristics
  • Perfect numbers
  • Kaprekar numbers
  • The repunit numbers (where all the digits are ones)
  • Some number peculiarities
  • Armstrong numbers
  • Happy and unhappy numbers
  • Some prime denominators
  • Some more curious numbers
  • Curious products--reversals
  • Sums of consecutive integers
  • Amazing power relationships
  • A factorial loop.