perfect numbers.

what's the first one and why?

Originally posted by windmill
what's the first one and why?

Originally posted by Nordlys
6, because its divisors add up to the number itself.

Originally posted by Freddie2006
No; they add up to 12.

36-24-36

Originally posted by windmill
what's the first one and why?

Originally posted by Nordlys
Yes, sorry, I wasn't precise. Its divisors excluding itself.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_numbers

Originally posted by Mesmiris
I thought it was something like 1.608 due to the fact that it occurs in nature so often or maybe I dreamt that.

Originally posted by Freddie2006
Someone's been reading the Da Vinci Code one too many times.

But it's the "golden ratio" ; 1.618

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio

Originally posted by windmill
what's the first one and why?

Originally posted by c99ux
1

Because it is. I have spoken.

I should know, I am far from perfect.

Or maybe 3. Or 23. So I heard, anyway. Once. Or twice. I think, if I remember right.

But I might be wrong. And probably am.

Originally posted by Moldy Crow
Watching you trying to figure out math is like watching Steven Hawking trying to play twister.

Originally posted by FreakyKBH
No, they've been reading the DaVinci code 1.618 too many times.

Originally posted by lausey
Reading it once is bad enough, but wanting to read just over half the book again is beyond me.