Sunday, August 26, 2012

142857 Is A Magic Number

Did you know that if we pay attention, there are many wonders in numbers that are too bizarre to say as a coincidence, but the magic in that number actually exist. Here I'll show you some magic in those numbers.
Wonders in number 142857

142857 x 2 = 285714

142857 x 3 = 428571

142857 x 4 = 571428

142857 x 5 = 714285

142857 x 6 = 857142

Did you already find the uniqueness in the numbers above? If you notice, the result of multiplying 142857 to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 generates a sequence of numbers the same as the location of the 142857 number. For more details, if I combine "1428573 to" 1428573 will be obtained:

1 4 2 8 5 7 1 4 2 8 5 7

Note that all of the multiplication was a part in the numbers above. (Example: 285 714 means starting from the third to the eighth digit).

That makes the magic in the numbers 142 857 more strange, is that when we multiply it by 7, we get 142 857 x 7 = 999 999.

Strange but true. These are called magic numbers.

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