[dba-SQLServer] 666+666=?

Oh, I forgot to mention the notions of "number shapes". This has nothing to
do with the way we write numbers, but rather the geometric layouts of said
numbers. I'll sketch a few examples and allow you to walk the series.

1 - a dot
2 - a line
3 - a triangle
4 - a square (2*2)
5 - a pentangle
6 - a rectangle (2*3)
7 - a septangle
8 - numerous shapes including 2*4, 2*2*2 (uh oh, here comes 3D math!), 2*6

On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 1:38 PM, Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>wrote:

> I guess I forgot to mention the "resolution" aspect. 9*9=81. Add those = 9.
> Let's go a step further: ? 9*9*9 = 729. Add those digits = 18. add those and
> = 9, and this pattern continues for a long time (forever is a concept
> remaining unproved; I have a small temporal window left and I shall leave it
> to younger minds to take it further. But it works for at least the next
> iteration: 9*9*9*9 = 6561; add these digits = 6+5+6+1 = 18, add those = 9.
>
> Kewl, eh?
>
> Arthur
>
> P.S.
> This thread would go unforgiven lest I mention an absolutely fantastic book
> called "A Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe", by Michael S.
> Scheirder. Among other things, this book made me appreciate that math is
> currently taught ass-backwards in contemporary schools. It ought to be
> taught geometry-first, and only after that has been accomplished, venture
> into arithmetic (which will follow naturally) and then algebra, and then,
> assuming they are all still on the current page, trigonometry. ISBN:
> 0-06-016939-7. I have a first edition, which when I thought it had gone
> missing due to some unrecorded loan, I priced on eBay and at that time it
> was going for $130. Fortunately, my friend David stepped up to the plate and
> returned it to me.
>
> If you love math and doubly so if you have kids, you must get this book.
> It's available in paperback so you won't have to spend the big bucks.
>
>