Talk:34 (number)

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[edit] 34 is NOT the sum of the first five factorials

The sum of the first five factorials is (1! + 2! + 3! + 4! + 5!) = (1 + 2 + 6 + 24 + 120) = 153. Definitely not 34. I'm not a mathematician, which is why I'm not just deleting the statement - perhaps the original author meant to say something slightly different that just needs a minor correction. But the statement seems patently false as is. (Did the author simply add 1 to the sum of the first four factorials?)

Amber Kerr 20:52, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

To get the sum of the first five factorials start counting at zero not 1...

(0! + 1! + 2! + 3! + 4!) = (1 + 1 + 2 + 6 + 24) = 34.

70.227.96.89 21:04, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

josh spinger

[edit] Edit.

I fixed the opening few paragraphs as well as merged the science section with its sub-section to form one new, better looking article. Mundokiir (talk) 09:27, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

vandalism in the last line of the paragraph:

The Saros number of the solar eclipse series which began on -1917 August 4 and ended on -384 February 9. The duration of Saros series 34 was 1532.5 years, and it contained 86 solar eclipses. 34 is answer to every question