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Re: Please prove that 666 is the number of EVIL !

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From: Tim Brauch
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 06:37
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netspider4@lycos.com (Karl-Hugo Weesberg) wrote in 
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> In the bible, 666 is evil, but there is no proof.
> 
> Please prove it for me.
> 

Using Roman numerals, we have vi = 6.  Rewriting gives us:

e^(6)*L = 666

Then clearly

L = 666*exp(-6)

or

L = 1.650848950...

and there you have it,

evil = exp(6)*(1.650...) = 666

QED.

 - Tim

That was the best I could come up with.

-- 
Timothy M. Brauch
NSF Fellow
Department of Mathematics
University of Louisville

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