The Numerology of Birthdays
As my birthday is fast approaching, I realized that we celebrate the oddest dates in our culture as "special". Thirty. Who cares about thirty? Three decades - big deal. Me, I'm going to be twenty-eight. That is important. It is the second perfect number, and the highest perfect number I will live to see. (Twenty-eight is perfect because its factors add up to it: 1,2,4,7,14 are the factors, 1+2+4+7+14=28) The next perfect number is 496 - way outside my lifespan. Thirty, on the other hand could be a very special birthday, for it is the product of the first three prime numbers, and we all know the Theological significance of three. Its actually pretty simple to give yourself a numerology of birthdays, instead of only celebrating the decades as important, as long as you remember prime factorization. If anyone cares to comment, I will give them a free birthday numerology analysis - up until my birthday. After that, $9.95.
Hey, isn't six the first perfect number, instead of seven? Or is that even what you meant in the sentence in quotes? Sorry about the nitpicking, it's my besetting sin. ;)
Also, happy birthday. May you reach many more mathematically interesting numbers with all your faculties intact.
Argued by
ridley |
3:19 AM
You're right, kind of. I meant to say "twenty-eight" instead of seven, I have no idea where seven came from (maybe I was thinking about the factors and the fingers took over)
Argued by
beitiathustra |
8:04 AM