13 Startling Mysteries of Mathematics and Numbers
Do you know how to count? Frankly speaking, how far have you ever gone? 1000? Well, it’s not like you’ve covered the longest distance of your life coz the truth is you’ve just been going round the ten universal digits 0 to 9 courtesy of combination, permutation and may be repetition. Numbers, basically the back-bone of mathematical life. Without mathematics, no civilization and no nothing. Look around you and tell me if you can’t see any evidence of mathematics then attest to our today’s list of 13 Startling Mysteries of Mathematics and Numbers
Let’s pick two points on the number-line say 1 and 2. If I made you travel from 1 to 2 with strict instructions that you make sure you pass through every point in between the two numbers (starting from probably 1.0000000000…1 then 1.0000000000…2 as you proceed), believe you me it will take your next (if you got tired and decided to get married along the way that is) and the next and next to NEVER reach point 2. And that is even if you get lucky to cover the distance covered by all humans and animals combined ever since the beginning of our existence.
If #1 is a bit hard to construe, here is what that implies; on a number line if you picked two points, let’s stick to 1 and 2, you will never be able to list down all the points in between the two points to exhaustion and even if your tenth generation took over the job, they may never even have made it to 1.1. now that you get that, check out #3
Ever heard of the net worth of the planet’s wealthiest human?? It’s unsurprisingly a thirteen figure net worth (when converted to ksh.). Well, while that may be economically and by extension socially astounding and a golden life accomplishment, mathematically, our economic god’s worth is but confined within the precincts of just ten figures, that is 0-9. It never goes beyond that mathematically I mean. Oh! And this applies even to the largest number (am not sure which and courtesy of permutation and combination).
Ever tried figuring out a number or may be come across a number that is not within the confines of 0 and 9? By which I mean a number that doesn’t combine or permute any of the figures between 0 and 9. Don’t drain your brain blood vessels for nothing, such a number is not there, FOR NOW THAT IS! And we are counting on you so much to come up with one in the distant obscure future. In the meantime allow us to move to #5
To be honest with you, you only need to add 1 to the largest number you can think of to make it the largest number on the planet. Yu think I’m kidding? Give it a try and see yourself make it to the Guinness Book of World Records-Mathematics category. It’s also the short cut to infinity.
John 3:16…so that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. There at eternal life! Mathematically this is simply the longest ears you can imagine or would want to live plus 1 year. If we took Methuselah (I like this guy) as our point of reference of eternal life, you will live 1 more year than him. The point is, it’s mathematically possible to live forever because forever somehow exists…eternal life as promised by God is possible.
And here is an interesting one. Earlier on we agreed that the mathematical situations in this world basically revolve around and between the figures 0 and 9. Until this time, did you know there are actually 10 digits/figures from 0 to 9 and that mysteriously though the figure 10 is not one of them? Now you are counting, go ahead it's allowed.
The computer gets its name from its ability to compute arithmetic and logical operations then decipher them into something conceivable to the human senses (this statement inclusive). Mysteriously though, the operations never goes beyond 0 and 1 which basically is but ON and OFF for the computer.
Mathematically there is nothing that life throws at you that’s beyond the maneuver of our hands. If anything that’s why the mathematical digits are confined within the 10 figures as inspired by the number of fingers in our two hands combined or going downwards to our toes.
It’s very difficult to figure out that figure that’s the center of the figures 0 to 9. Technically, (by which we imply convenience) it would almost be right (and remember mathematically illegal) to assume there is no definite center between 0 and 9. We all know it’s just somewhere between 5 and 6, somewhere between your two thumbs your small fingers inclusive.
There are basically only 10 ways you can combine the digits 0-9 os kof without repeating any of the combined numbers which makes the largest number within this confinements to be 9876543210 and I’m hoping you can see how that came about.
What number is zero? Is it a number in the first place? Yes zero is a number that’s neither odd nor even on the number line. But in a way it’s an even number. An even number is that which when divided by another number the result is a whole number. Zero divided by any number is zero: a whole number. In fact there is the argument zero is the most even number. How? You can divide zero with any number till forever and the result will always be a whole number, zero. Zero is that number that makes you want the 100 shillings note and not the 10 shillings coin.
I suspect you may be aware of this: what’s pi (π)? It’s the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter which is always a constant 22/7 or 3.142. That means every time you have a problem involving either the circumference or diameter being the unknown, you can without stress maneuver your way out. That means you can without stress figure out the resultant diameter of any linear object you intend to convert to a circle. This should be more of a mathematical hack. How it made its way to this list should be the startling mystery.