Talk:23 (number)
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[edit] Michael Jordan picture
I would prefer a picture of Michael Jordan in which you can clearly see his jersey number. The picture I'm showing at left is more obviously relevant to this article about the number 23, but there aren't any people in it. Knodeltheory 23:33, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.67.53.84 (talk) 03:41, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Headline text
23 is not the smallest prime that is not part of a twinprime. 2 is the smallest prime that is not part of a twinprime. 2 is the smallest even prime that is not part of a twinprime (this one is definitely and highly true). So, 23 is the smallest odd prime that is not part of a twinprime.
Umm...if you read the twin prime page, you'll see that 2 and 3 are the first and only prime twins that are only one apart. Maybe you are under a false impression of the definition of a twin prime. FruitMart07 19:10, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] integers and cubing
Is not 23 = 23 + 23 + 23 + (-1)3 + 4 * 03, and thus the sum of 8 cubes? That said, perhaps the authors meant Natural Numbers or the set of all non-negative integers. — Xoder|✆ 05:31, Feb 9, 2005 (UTC)
- "In 1939, Dickson proved that the only integers requiring nine positive cubes are 23 and 239. Wieferich proved that only 15 integers require eight cubes: 15, 22, 50, 114, 167, 175, 186, 212, 231, 238, 303, 364, 420, 428, and 454 (Sloane's A018889). " [1] — Clarknova 05:10, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
There are two closely related binary Golay codes, one of length 23 and one of length 24, the latter obtained by adding a parity bit to the former; see Golay Code at Mathworld. Our article on the Golay Code should be rewritten to better reflect this. (For some reason I'm being automatically logged out before every edit right now -- this is User:4pq1injbok.) 68.146.166.106 18:22, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] First line
hi Maybe it's just that it's late or I'm an idiot, but I just can't make head nor tail of this sentence:
- In English, its spelled out name is the smallest with eleven letters.
What does this mean? There are plenty of numbers that have fewer than eleven letters. The only other interpretation I can gather is that it means that the smallest possible spelling of the number incorporates 11 letters, which seems similarly nonsensical.
Please, help a doddering fool out... Dylan 05:10, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] 9/11
The line:
- The individual numbers in the date 9/11/2001 add up to 23 no its' true but it needs to be done this way
the number 23 is gay
- Is incorrect. 9+11+2+1 does equal 23, but the statement makes no sense when stating 'the individual numbers'. 9+1+1+2+1 is only 14. Darkness Productions 16:18, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
- And so, I have deleted it. No need to discuss stuff like this; if it's obviously wrong, just delete it. -- Slowmover 17:53, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Tetris
"Tetris pieces have a total of 23 distinct orientations."
Is that right? The square has one, the single bar and s/z shaped ones have 2 each, and the L/J/T shaped ones have four, which adds up to 19 for me.
[edit] Archbishop
Under Religion, the article says that archbishop of Paris is named André Vingt-Trois. If I'm not mistaken, his last name translates to twenty three. That should be clarified in the article. FruitMart07 19:29, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Pres. JFK?
Why is this in here? if you added 11 for november it throws it off. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Toastthemost (talk • contribs) 23:35, 5 February 2007 (UTC).
[edit] In other fields
Can these be be separated into the catagories above. I think a lot of these also deal with science and history, and a new entertainment catagory would be good. D4S 15:14, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Astronomy?
I would do this myself but I'm new to this editing thing, and I don’t want to step on any toes, but I don't think that the fact that 23 was Hitler's favorite number, though interesting as it is, belongs in the astronomy section. Just thought that I should point that out. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 85.156.128.19 (talk) 18:08, 13 February 2007 (UTC).
I have to agree. That comment is both unsourced and has absolutely nothing to do with astronomy. 149.43.252.6 09:23, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Movie Spammers - No references
This page is getting abused with nothing but crap since some movie about 23 was announced. There are several hundred edits of this page just in the past 60 days. Most other number pages take years to get that level of edits.
There is one single reference right now for the hundred or so unverified trivia items presented on this page.
Can someone add the unverified references template to this page so people know not to trust the information presented? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.129.44.244 (talk) 21:13, 14 February 2007 (UTC).
I agree. This is one page you should not trust without verifying all the data for yourself. People should know that. AmberAlert1713 21:48, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] 23/7 estimation of pi?
Not sure who failed mathematics here, but 22/7 is the estimation which gets closest to pi when dealing with smaller numbers. 22/7 = 3.142857 while pi is around 3.141593, a difference of just about 1/800th, close enough if you're just calculating the diameter of your new fish pond. 23/7 is way off.
ByteofKnowledge 15:29, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] "Unverified Research" tag
I'm taking down the unverified research tag. It makes the page look ugly, and generally insults the average reader. Furthermore, anyone interested in editing pages should be able to figure out from the significant number of [citation needed] tags that the page has a problem. People attempting to use this page in a scholarly report or to make an argument really should look at every page on wikipedia as though it might have unverified research; if a fact anywhere isn't properly cited, it doesn't belong in scholarly work. I'm willing to hear arguments for the tag here or on my talk page. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by AmberAlert1713 (talk • contribs) 21:54, 1 March 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Other musical uses of 23
Doesn't the song "New Millennium Cyanide Christ" from Meshuggah's album Chaosphere use a time signature of 23/16? (Well, 5 bars of 23/16, 1 final bar of 13/16; adding upto 128/16)Neo 2.3 Hylan 14:20, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Divisibility Rule
Does 23 have a divisibility rule?
Pointlessness 18:56, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Misc
Can't seem to find a place for this to fit, but Dr. Pepper would fit in here with the purported use of 23 flavours (not just the recent campaign, but historically).
Maikeru Go 10:03, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Craigslist has 23 employees
http://www.craigslist.org/about/pages.and.peeps.html
[edit] Merge proposal.
The proposal to merge 23 (numerology) with this article was made more than a month ago, and yet there has been no discussion. I, for one, oppose the merger. However, if there is not going to be any discussion of the matter, I suggest the merge tags be removed. ---RepublicanJacobiteThe'FortyFive' 17:29, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
- I am removing this merge proposal, which is clearly moribund. ---RepublicanJacobiteThe'FortyFive' 20:44, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
