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I'm very surprised at the poll results thus far: 90+% think we will do OK or better. Where are all the gloom & doomers?
I'm very surprised at the poll results thus far: 90+% think we will do OK or better. Where are all the gloom & doomers?
Everyone knows that according to the
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
the ultimate answer is 42. As for the math, it was rumored to be 6 x 7.
Forty-two is a pronic number and an abundant number; its prime factorization 2 · 3 · 7 makes it the second sphenic number and also the second of the form { 2 · 3 · r }. As with all sphenic numbers of this form, the aliquot sum is abundant by 12. 42 is also the second sphenic number to be bracketed by twin primes; 30 is also a pronic number and also rests between two primes. 42 has a 14 member aliquot sequence 42, 54, 66, 78, 90, 144, 259, 45, 33, 15, 9, 4, 3, 1, 0 and is itself part of the aliquot sequence commencing with the first sphenic number 30. Further, 42 is the 10th member of the 3-aliquot tree.
It is the third primary pseudoperfect number.
It is a Catalan number. Consequently; 42 is the number of noncrossing partitions of a set of five elements, the number of triangulations of a heptagon, the number of rooted ordered binary trees with six leaves, the number of ways in which five pairs of nested parentheses can be arranged, etc.
It is the number of partitions of 10 - the number of ways of expressing 10 as a sum of positive integers (note a different sense of partition from that above).
The 3 × 3 × 3 magic cube with rows summing to 42.Given 27 same-size cubes whose nominal values progress from 1 to 27, a 3×3×3 magic cube can be constructed such that every row, column, and corridor, and every diagonal passing through the center, is composed of 3 cubes whose sum of values is 42.
It is the third pentadecagonal number. It is a meandric number and an open meandric number.
It is conjectured to be the scaling factor in the leading order term of the "sixth moment of the Riemann zeta function". In particular, Conrey & Ghosh have conjectured that
{1 \over T}\int_0^T \left| \zeta\left({1 \over 2} + it\right) \right|^6\,dt \sim {42 \over 9!}\prod_p \left\{1-{1\over p}\right\}^4 \left( 1 + {4 \over p} + {1 \over p^2} \right) \log^9 T,
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where the infinite product is over all prime numbers, p.[1][2]
42 is a Størmer number.
In base 10, this number is a Harshad number and a self number, while it is a repdigit in base 4 (as 222).
42 is the only known value that is the number of sets of four distinct positive integers a,b,c,d, each less than the value itself, such that ab-cd, ac-bd, and ad-bc are each multiples of the value. Whether there are other values remains an open question.[3]
42 is a (2,6)-perfect number (super-multiperfect), as \sigma^2=\sigma(\sigma)=6n\,[4]
42 is a perfect score on the USA Math Olympiad (USAMO)[5] and International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO).[6]
42 is the maximum of core points awarded in International Baccalaureate Diploma Programe.
42 is the resulting number of the original Smith number (4937775): Both the sum of its digits (4+9+3+7+7+7+5) as the sum of the digits in its prime factorization (3+5+5+(6+5+8+3+7)) result in 42.
We have talked about population aging in the past. The demographics of the US is way better than that of Japan and many European countries. So, we will not be the 1st to go down the tube. That's my silver-lining thought.
I have no idea about the economy, but if I can go to Mars, I'm in!
Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids. In fact, it's cold as hell ...
Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids. In fact, it's cold as hell ...
...somewhere down the line...
Ooooooo - you named a good set of perma-bears there. If you'd listened to them over the past couple of years you would have missed out on a big run up.What Marc Faber, Peter Schiff, Donald Trump, and Robert Wiedemer said:
Economist Caution: Prepare For 'Massive Wealth Destruction'
The article is a promotion of the Wiedemer book so...
Is Schiff still touting gold?
What Marc Faber, Peter Schiff, Donald Trump, and Robert Wiedemer said:
Economist Caution: Prepare For 'Massive Wealth Destruction'
The article is a promotion of the Wiedemer book so...
Never knew who Dejah Thoris was, so I had to check that out.You would think so, but did you see what Dejah Thoris was wearing?
I have no idea about the economy, but if I can go to Mars, I'm in!
I'm very surprised at the poll results thus far: 90+% think we will do OK or better. Where are all the gloom & doomers?
I am optimistic, based on what I have read and heard about cheap energy (natural gas) making it practical for manufacturing to move back towards the US. Not sure what to make of what looks like trends towards deflation despite a lot of money creation, but I am hoping that's a good thing as well.