What is your favorite number and why?

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anonymous · Answer

X

anonymous · Answer

5, it is prime and it can be found easily as a factor.

anonymous · Answer

Either that or 2 - the only even prime

unklerhaukus · Answer

dont restrict yourselves to positive integers

anonymous · Answer

@UnkleRhaukus, what's yours?

unklerhaukus · Answer

i haven't decided yet, but my favorite positive integer is probably 5,
0 is good too,

parthkohli · Answer

$1024[2^{10}]$, because it has a lot of value in computers. I am a programmer you could say.

anonymous · Answer

Oh, yeah that's right. I like 100 in hexadecimal, that is 256. Say it out loud, it sounds cool

parthkohli · Answer

Binary language which has only 1's and 0's has a lot of connection with powers of 2. 
Computer memory units can be converted using powers of 2.

unklerhaukus · Answer

The golden ratio is a good irrational number$$\phi\approx 1.618$$

sburchette · Answer

One of my favorites is $$\lim_{x \rightarrow \infty} (1+\frac{1}{x})^x$$

unklerhaukus · Answer

can you give us an approximation to that value @SBurchette

unklerhaukus · Answer

oh wait it is e

unklerhaukus · Answer

$$\approx 2.718$$

anonymous · Answer

I'm partial to 13. It gets a bad rap. I feel sorry for it. ;-)

anonymous · Answer

9
simple. I was born on that date. hahahaha.. it brings me luck all the time.