Talk:Catch of 153 fish

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[edit] Unique property ?

There are other numbers. See this link =

sum of cubes digits - OEIS Search Results "FORMULA

A055012(n) = n iff n is in A046197 = {0, 1, 153, 370, 371, 407}. -" http://www.research.att.com/~njas/sequences/?q=sum+of+cubes+digits&sort=0&fmt=0&language=english&go=Search --193.56.241.75 14:57, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

I changed "unique" to "rare", thanks for the heads up. Feel free to make changes directly also. --Dv82matt 04:45, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Verifiability

This whole article seems to be based on a single web page. Is there any evidence that this is not an idiosyncratic concept? -- The Anome 07:34, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

I removed the prod notice. I did a google search and it appears to be based on more than just a single web page. [1] --Dv82matt 08:42, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

If you want an earlier reference, you could read Porphyry and Plato which touch briefly upon it (e.g. in Timaeus), Porphyry recounting that Pythagoras caught 153 fish in a single catch of the net from the side of a boat. "On the Measurement of the Cycle" (Archimedes) also mentions "the measure of the fish" in this 153/vesica piscis context. The significantly more modern "City of Revelation" by Mitchell covers this topic, and goes into detail on the gematria and isopsephia aspects. You could also read "Musings on the Vesica Piscis" - an article in "Nexus Network Journal" (ISSN: 1590-5869) Volume 6, Number 2 (a maths + architecture journal). Clinkophonist 17:16, 20 May 2006 (UTC)