Williams, Gareth and Webster, Roger
(2010).
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Abstract
The article discusses number mysticism, which steams from the belief of the Pythagoreans that natural numbers hold the secret of the universe. The development of the number theory, the recognition of even, odd , prime and composite numbers can be traced back to number mysticism. Thabit ibn Qurra, an Arab polymath, is considered as the first serious contributor in the field of amicable numbers but it was the emergence of Euler in 1737 changed the scene of the field when he was able to discover a total of 62 amicable numbers.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Copyright Holders: | 2010 Applied Probability Trust |
| ISSN: | 0025-5653 |
| Keywords: | mysticism; Pythagorean Theorem; Euler characteristic; number theory |
| Academic Unit/Department: | Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Mathematics and Statistics Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) |
| Item ID: | 22724 |
| Depositing User: | Sara Griffin |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Sep 2010 15:41 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2016 13:45 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/22724 |
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