A Most Important Number | Gödel’s Lost Letter and P=NP
It seems like we’ve been noticing 34 everywhere we look lately, whether it’s on billboards, in phone numbers, or even inside fortune cookies. Is it all just a coincidence? 34 is an angel number (a numeric message sent by your guardian angels) that symbolizes a new beginning.
Of course 34 is the key number that was used by a New York jury that found Donald Trump guilty on 34 felony charges of falsifying business records. Thus the number 34 is very important. Lets take a look at it:
It is the atomic number—34—for selenium. It is Se as a symbol and is a mineral found in the soil. It naturally appears in water and some foods. While people only need a very small amount, selenium plays a key role in their metabolism.
A Math View
As a math object 34 is:
* 34 (thirty-four) is the natural number following 33 and preceding 35.
* 34 is the magic constant of the 4×4 normal magic square.
* As a Roman numeral XXXIV and as a Binary number 0b100010.
* In numerology, 34 represents using creativity to achieve your goals.
* As the first Erdos—Woods \href{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erdos-Woods_number}{numbers} are
16, 22, 34, 36, 46, 56, 64, 66, 70, 76, 78, 86, 88, 92, 94, 96, 100, 106, 112, 116 …
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The so-called rules of the internet are not laws enforceable by any official authority. Rather, they are a series of in-jokes, guidelines, and references related to internet culture as it was in the early 2000s.
Thus rule 34, does for example, refer to the ubiquity of X-rated material online: “There is X-rated material of it. No exceptions.” Then, Rule 35 follows up: “The exception to rule 34 is the citation of rule 34.”
Open Problems
The number 34 is even famous in football. It includes the greats: Walter Payton, Earl Campbell, Thurman Thomas, Herschel Walker.
Perhaps what ever you feel about the recent events the number 34 will stay famous forever? It appears that many people are searching for the rule 34 after the verdict.