This is NOT a mathematical post. That said, following is the nine thousand six hundred-eighty-ninth ’perfect’ number—a number that is the sum of all its positive factors (divisors), save itself.

So often I’ve heard friends articulate their desire to find perfection—in the perfect mate; in themselves; in their work. Arduous goals for adults, I’ve seen this desire for perfection tragically stifle children to the point of complete stagnation. The number below, and its seemingly arbitrary, albeit historical, theological characterization, only further begs the questions… Read More...

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