Numbers Over 2020: Properties and Meanings
Number 4900
The only numbers which are simultaneously square and square pyramidal are
1 and
4900.
Number 5400
In
Laws, Plato suggests that
5040 is the optimal number of citizens in a state because:
1. It is the product of
12,
20, and
21.
2. The
12th part of it can still be divided by
12.
3. It has
59 proper divisors, including all numbers for
1 to
12 except
11, and
5038--which is very close to
5040--is divisible by
11
1 x
2 x
3 x
4 x
5 x
6 x
7 =
5040
7 x
8 x
9 x
10 =
5040
Number 84000
The illnesses of the mind arise from the three poisons of greed, anger and stupidity and are of
eighty-four thousand kinds.
Number 432000
Some cultures measure time in terms of very long cycles. In the Hindu tradition the present cycle of time consists of
432000 years. This is called the "Kali Yuga". The great cycle in which the Kali Yuga falls consists of
4,320,000 years.
According to the Satapatha Brahmana, the number of syllables in the Rigveda is
432,000, equalling the number of muhurtas (
1 day =
30 muhurtas) in
forty years.
The Icelandic tradition tells of the great warrior hall in which there were
540 doors. Through each door there would come
800 divine warriors:
800 x
540 =
432000 warriors.
Number 12960000
The positive integers
216 and
12960000 appear in an obscure passage in Plato's
The Republic. In this passage, Plato alludes to the fact that
216 is equal to 6 cubed, where 6 is one of the numbers representing marriage since it is the product to the female 2 and the male 3. Plato was also aware of the fact the sum of the cubes of the
3-
4-
5 Pythagorean triple is equal to
216).
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