ZOMG, 2009 is Going to be AWESOME, and here is why Mathematically
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OK, so I know we were all bumming at least a little bit when 2008 and its mathematical awesomeness was coming to an end. I mean, are you kidding? Two to the power of the number of digits (2^3) following it equaling the fourth digit? 2008 RAWKED! And everyone loves them some nice even numbers that 2008 had to offer. But worry not, my SOH-CAH-TOA loving pals. I’ve got some great news for you about 2009: It is also mathematically mind-blowingly sweet. Like I’m talking estimating the number of isosceles triangles within your parent's house sweet. (4,547 for me.)
So when you look at 2009 the first thing that you, as a lover of numbers and math in general probably think is that there are no discernible connections between the two main integers (2 and 9), and therefore there is nothing to look forward to about this year. I beg to differ. The most immediately mathematically awesome coincidence is that if we take the first integer, 2 and raise it to the power of the first three digits that are already accounted for because zeroes don't freakin count (2,0,0) then we have 2^3=8. And how many more digits are left? 1? Holy crap! Add that one digit to the 8 and you get a nine. CRAZY!
What about when you multiply 2 by 9? That's right, you get 18, the age I will be when I can go to NYskanks.com and for the first time not feel guilty when I click the button that says that I am legal, which I will have actually been coincidentally clicking for 9 years at that point.
Another crazy, universe-twisting mathematical improbability is if we go ahead and take the fourth digit and divide it by the first. What do you get? 4.5. And just how long has it happened to be since the last time I tongue-kissed a girl? Yup! That’s 4.5 years. Holy cow!
Or what about when we take 2-0-0-9? Yup, -7. And what's the absolute value of that? Why what do we have here, but LUCKY NUMBER 7.
Let’s look at another mind-blazingly pants-crappingly awesome reason that we know that this is the year that I get to 13th base. Well, you see that if we take the integers of value (uhh, not 0, doi), 2 and 9, and raise them each to the second power, and then add them together, that equals 85. And just how many Fridays are there in 2009? That’s right, 52 again this year. So let’s go ahead and subtract the number of Fridays from that 85, and what do you have? Yup, 13th base. Yowza!
And for the piece de’ resistance? Let’s just go ahead and throw some factorials into the mix. (2!)+(0!)+(0!)+(9!)=362,884. Now why is this number significant, you ask? Ha. Child’s play. First and foremost, these are all even numbers. But, perhaps more importantly, these numbers are all divisors of 24. And why does that matter? Because, of course, 24 is my favorite number and the age at which I will formally lose my virginity by means of purchase if it has yet to have happened previously. You tell me that’s not important! As if! PLUS, it also happens to be the number of my favorite WNBA player, Tamika Catchings. SHAZAM!
But finally, perhaps the most high-tech reason that I know that 2009 is most definitely going to be the best year ever and that this fact can be proven mathematically through some very basic algebraic functions? It’s the last year that we can wear “year” glasses. No one wants a “1” over his eye! 2009 is the last time that humanity will be able to walk around wearing glasses without some cumbersome “integer” over its collective eyes. So live it up, world. 2009 is mathematically amazing.
