Re: [FRIAM] Beastly thoughts

[Robert Cordingley]

So how much of the 'yet more...'  math did John, the author of Revelations, know when he wrote/compiled it?  Perhaps 1st century math was more advanced than we would first assume?  BTW some of the referenced chestnuts that depend on such artifices as 360deg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degree_%28angle%29) don't (shouldn't) 'count'. (another) Robert Robert Holmes wrote: Given that the world is due to end today (what with it being 6/6/6) I thought I'd share these while I had time: Sum of squares of first seven primes = 2^2 + 3^3 + 5^2 + 7^2 + 11^2 + 13^2 + 17^2 = 666 Sum of first 144 ( = (6+6)(6+6) ) digits of pi = 666 ... and yet more on http://users.aol.com/s6sj7gt/mike666.htm Robert ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org

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