i studied math. number theory was NOT my favorite class. i like analysis, topology, even algebra. but number theory and discrete mathematics was ryan's great love.
the number 42: the answer to life, the universe and everything. value: 0 mod 2, 6, 7. also the number of people i have now had sex with. also the number of unread emails in my inbox (mostly random undeleted crap from linguistlist).
the number 35: biological clock ticking. my friend lizka sent me the following story today about love over the age of thirty: a late thirty-something woman's tale of woe
numbers of the form 4x10^1 + n, 0 less than or equal to n, 9 greater than or equal to n. the numbers at which men realize they need to marry and have children if they are going to do it.
numbers of the form 3x10^1 + n, 0 less than or equal to n, 9 greater than or equal to n. the age that women realize the same, but men no longer want them because the women are apparently less valuable once, a, equal to the woman's age, is greater than 29. also if b, equal to the man's age, is greater than 29, the point at which younger women are no longer interested in them unless they possess income.
love is maybe not a matter of business, but it is a matter of numbers. even if people are not subject to such rules, you still have to rely on the probabilities of fate to deal you a winning hand.
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