- The numbers

Jan 2, '08 6:21 PM
for everyone

The numbers we all use (1, 2, 3, 4, etc.) are known as "arabic" numbers to distinguish them from the "Roman Numerals" (I, II, III, IV, V, VI, etc). Actually the arabs popularized these numbers but they were originally used by the early phonecian traders to count and keep track of their trading accounts.

Have you ever thought why ........ 1 means "one", and 2 means "two"? The roman numerals are easy to understand but what was the logic behind the phonecian numbers?

It's all about angles !

It's the number of angles. If one writes the numbers down (see below) on a piece of paper in their older forms, one quickly sees why:

No 1 has one angle.
No 2 has two angles.
No 3 has three angles.
etc.

and "O" has no angles

http://www.orthohelp.com/numbers.htm

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4therain wrote on Jan 2

Thank you Sofia, for the light...:) have a wonderful evening...Love Rain

honorbright24 wrote on Jan 2

oh that's interesting. very interesting. I love numbers so, and yet only was taught to 'memorize' them and not to understand their patterns.

sofia777 wrote on Jan 2

Yes, I find it very, very interesting too… So much to learn and so much to discover!
Thank you, friends!

honorbright24 wrote on Jan 2, edited on Jan 2

While I was at my daughter's house....I made a list.
1. 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
2. 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2
3. 27 24 28 18 15 12 9 6 3

and so on...through the multiplication tables.
then I realized that the number of each of the rows (examples 1.2. and 3) substracted from each lowered number from left to right, became the multiplication table for example, 2. 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2, became the twos table, subtracting the number two downwards. Does that make sense how I'm explaining it?

honorbright24 wrote on Jan 2

oh that messed up my rows.....the 9...8...7...6..5...4...3...2...1 had spaces, etc.

honorbright24 wrote on Jan 2

so they could be 'read' 9...18...27...going downwards.

sofia777 wrote on Jan 2

Yes, you made a very interesting sequence.
Look at this – Pascal’s triangle:

http://www.geocities.com/millers_math/famous/pascal.html

and

you find the Fibonacci sequence…
Amazing!
Thank you very much, Rose!

honorbright24 wrote on Jan 2

oh so fascinating! wow.

bendean wrote on Jan 3

That is very interesting. That makes so much sense, the number of angles. You would think all the math wizards I've known over the years would have known this. Maybe they knew and just didn't think it to be worth sharing. But it is. Very cool!

honorbright24 wrote on Jan 3

I heard it 'like this.' Most of the population of the earth are better at 'memorization' the the conception of idea. So they do not teach the structure of formula, they merely make us 'learn the numbers' without the knowledge of cohesiveness of thought.

sofia777 wrote on Jan 3

Thank you, Ben for the comment!
Yes, I think that we could learn this in school (like the Sacred Geometry too). I hope that the tings will change. I know that during the last semester someone spook with the students about the Sacred Geometry…
I am not sure that I understood very well what you say, Rose, but I have problem to memorize something without understanding it.
Thank you s much, friends! You give me the hope…

honorbright24 wrote on Jan 3

I have trouble too, memorizing things that 'make no sense to me.' Once they make sense, then the 'remembering is easy' because it all flows. They need to consider conceptual thinkers. They try to force us round pegs into their square holes.

sofia777 wrote on Jan 4

I thought that it is more natural to try to understand something instead of learning by heart… The things are chained and if you understand something, it is much easy to understand the next one. As much you memorize, as much you forget.

honorbright24 wrote on Jan 4

You were born to write a book I think.

sofia777 wrote on Jan 4

lol… we’ll see… Thank you! Love!

ladylight wrote on Mar 13

very interesting indeed

honorbright24 wrote on Mar 13

Oh yes interesting indeed and it reminded me (and remind me tomorrow) I have a math question for you. I do not 'know the name of it...but the flower of life...the mathmatical drawing right? Is it something like the star of david?

sofia777 wrote on Mar 13

I touched a little bit the Flower of love in my first blog about the sacred geometry (The Geometry of the Life but there is much more to be said about this. I thought to make another blog just for this.
Is it related with the Star of David? I don’t think so. The Star of David is 2D image of the two pyramids – the man and woman source:

I am glad you find it interesting, Liz!

honorbright24 wrote on Mar 13

Okay...David...my friend David....he was talking something about this the other day. I told him I was going to ask you. Tomorrow can you bring your old blog up again by commenting of it so I can find it easily? I will let him see it.

honorbright24 wrote on Mar 13

Thank you....I could not see the connection either.

sofia777 wrote on Mar 13

honorbright24 wrote on Mar 13

ahh...that is so beautiful!

sofia777 wrote on Mar 13

honorbright24 wrote on Mar 13

wonderful!

sofia777 wrote on Mar 13

And you can see now the connection:

I am sorry, I wasn’t ready for this question (or just very tire).
I’ll make blog about this…

honorbright24 wrote on Mar 13

yes, very obvious now.

ladylight wrote on Mar 13

sofia777 said

beautiful photo

honorbright24 wrote on Mar 13

Yes yes, you have done it. I will show Dave. Of course he 'saw it in it' already. Not tell me about the flower of life? Do you know words to say bout it?

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